1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix b/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix
index 714b35503706..50e7f4eace3b 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
       $machine->succeed("getfacl /dev/snd/timer | grep -q alice");
 
       $machine->succeed("su - alice -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 gnome-terminal &'");
+      $machine->succeed("xauth merge ~alice/.Xauthority");
       $machine->waitForWindow(qr/Terminal/);
       $machine->mustSucceed("timeout 900 bash -c 'journalctl -f|grep -m 1 \"GNOME Shell started\"'");
       $machine->sleep(10);