diff --git a/mate-extra/mate-power-manager/mate-power-manager-1.28.1-r1.ebuild b/mate-extra/mate-power-manager/mate-power-manager-1.28.1-r1.ebuild
index 947a3e9b9c846..30205f1a20ce1 100644
--- a/mate-extra/mate-power-manager/mate-power-manager-1.28.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/mate-extra/mate-power-manager/mate-power-manager-1.28.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit mate
+inherit mate virtualx
 
 MINOR=$(($(ver_cut 2) % 2))
 if [[ ${MINOR} -eq 0 ]]; then
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ src_configure() {
 src_test() {
 	unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
 
-	dbus-launch Xemake check || die "Test phase failed"
+	virtx emake check || die "Test phase failed"
 }