diff --git a/src/test/electron.js b/src/test/electron.js
index 341805730..78854d8ce 100644
--- a/src/test/electron.js
+++ b/src/test/electron.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export default async (argv, execaOptions) => {
 
   await execa(findBinary('electron-mocha'),
     [
+      '--no-sandbox',
       ...files,
       ...watch,
       ...grep,