diff --git a/gui-apps/gnome-console/gnome-console-49.1.ebuild b/gui-apps/gnome-console/gnome-console-49.1.ebuild
index 2792d24e547f3..0cdef016f2142 100644
--- a/gui-apps/gnome-console/gnome-console-49.1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/gnome-console/gnome-console-49.1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit gnome.org gnome2-utils meson xdg
+inherit gnome.org gnome2-utils meson virtualx xdg
 
 DESCRIPTION="A simple user-friendly terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop"
 HOMEPAGE="https://apps.gnome.org/Console/ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/console"
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ src_configure() {
 	meson_src_configure
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	virtx meson_src_test
+}
+
 pkg_postinst() {
 	xdg_pkg_postinst
 	gnome2_schemas_update