diff --git a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
index 156b8bae89f..7d39e501a9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
@@ -60,48 +60,56 @@ jobs:
             llvm: 0
             cflags: "-O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3"
             relabel: no
+            qemu: 1
           - distro: debian
             release: testing
             sanitizers: ""
             llvm: 0
             cflags: "-Og"
             relabel: no
+            qemu: 0
           - distro: ubuntu
             release: noble
             sanitizers: ""
             llvm: 0
             cflags: "-Og"
             relabel: no
+            qemu: 0
           - distro: fedora
             release: "41"
             sanitizers: ""
             llvm: 0
             cflags: "-Og"
             relabel: yes
+            qemu: 0
           - distro: fedora
             release: rawhide
             sanitizers: address,undefined
             llvm: 1
             cflags: "-Og"
             relabel: yes
+            qemu: 0
           - distro: opensuse
             release: tumbleweed
             sanitizers: ""
             llvm: 0
             cflags: "-Og"
             relabel: no
+            qemu: 0
           - distro: centos
             release: "9"
             sanitizers: ""
             llvm: 0
             cflags: "-Og"
             relabel: yes
+            qemu: 0
           - distro: centos
             release: "10"
             sanitizers: ""
             llvm: 0
             cflags: "-Og"
             relabel: yes
+            qemu: 0
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo meson compile -C build mkosi
 
       - name: Run integration tests
-        run: sudo --preserve-env meson test -C build --no-rebuild --suite integration-tests --print-errorlogs --no-stdsplit --num-processes "$(($(nproc) - 1))"
+        run: sudo --preserve-env env TEST_PREFER_QEMU=${{ matrix.qemu }} meson test -C build --no-rebuild --suite integration-tests --print-errorlogs --no-stdsplit --num-processes "$(($(nproc) - 1))"
 
       - name: Archive failed test journals
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/test/README.testsuite b/test/README.testsuite
index 3793bf44e5c..b8b4c4e8640 100644
--- a/test/README.testsuite
+++ b/test/README.testsuite
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ $ sudo NO_BUILD=1 test/run-integration-tests
 `TEST_PREFER_NSPAWN=1`:  Run all tests that do not require qemu under
 systemd-nspawn.
 
+`TEST_PREFER_QEMU=1`:  Run all tests under qemu.
+
 `TEST_NO_KVM=1`: Disable qemu KVM auto-detection (may be necessary when you're
 trying to run the *vanilla* qemu and have both qemu and qemu-kvm installed)
 
diff --git a/test/integration-test-wrapper.py b/test/integration-test-wrapper.py
index 09dcda92e13..bf0fe80d44c 100755
--- a/test/integration-test-wrapper.py
+++ b/test/integration-test-wrapper.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         ),
         '--credential', f"journal.storage={'persistent' if sys.stderr.isatty() else args.storage}",
         *(['--runtime-build-sources=no'] if not sys.stderr.isatty() else []),
-        'qemu' if args.vm or os.getuid() != 0 else 'boot',
+        'qemu' if args.vm or os.getuid() != 0 or os.getenv('TEST_PREFER_QEMU', '0') == '1' else 'boot',
     ]  # fmt: skip
 
     result = subprocess.run(cmd)