diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a44b2b6fb4..fa6fefa267 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
           - name: Ubuntu 18.04 wxQt
             runner: ubuntu-latest
             container: ubuntu:18.04
-            configure_flags: --with-qt --enable-pch --without-opengl --disable-uiactionsim
+            configure_flags: --with-qt --enable-pch --without-opengl
             skip_samples: true
             use_xvfb: true
 
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ jobs:
             wx_tests_selection='~[.] ~RichTextCtrlTestCase'
           fi
 
+          # The tests only work reliably with native windows
+          export QT_USE_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
+
           # Configure the system to create core files and create them in the
           # current directory instead of using apport to handle them, as
           # Ubuntu does by default (even in a container where apport is not
diff --git a/tests/test.cpp b/tests/test.cpp
index e07c7118b4..1111b7cd30 100644
--- a/tests/test.cpp
+++ b/tests/test.cpp
@@ -524,11 +524,11 @@ bool EnableUITests()
 
         if ( s_enabled == -1 )
         {
-#if defined(__WXMSW__) || defined(__WXGTK__)
+#if defined(__WXMSW__) || defined(__WXGTK__) || defined(__WXQT__)
             s_enabled = 1;
-#else // !(__WXMSW__ || __WXGTK__)
+#else // !(__WXMSW__ || __WXGTK__ || __WXQT__)
             s_enabled = 0;
-#endif // (__WXMSW__ || __WXGTK__)
+#endif // (__WXMSW__ || __WXGTK__ || __WXQT__)
         }
     }