diff --git a/.ci/install.sh b/.ci/install.sh
index 17c349ab1..d5cbd8248 100755
--- a/.ci/install.sh
+++ b/.ci/install.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ set -e
 if [[ $(uname) != CYGWIN* ]]; then
     sudo apt-get -qq install libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev python3-tk\
                              ghostscript libffi-dev libjpeg-turbo-progs libopenjp2-7-dev\
-                             cmake meson imagemagick libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
+                             cmake meson imagemagick libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev\
+                             sway wl-clipboard
 fi
 
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index fced6113b..53b7ee688 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,15 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m pip install pytest-reverse
         fi
         if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "ubuntu-latest" ]; then
-          xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 1024x768x24' .ci/test.sh
+          export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/tmp/headless-sway"
+          export SWAYSOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/sway.sock"
+          export WLR_BACKENDS=headless
+          export WLR_LIBINPUT_NO_DEVICES=1
+          mkdir "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
+          xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 1024x768x24'\
+                  sway -V -d -c /dev/null&
+          export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
+          .ci/test.sh
         else
           .ci/test.sh
         fi