diff --git a/test/karma.config.js b/test/karma.config.js
index fceb351..d3b2b27 100644
--- a/test/karma.config.js
+++ b/test/karma.config.js
@@ -14,7 +14,16 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
     frameworks: ['mocha', 'webpack'],
     reporters: ['mocha'],
 
-    browsers: ['ChromeHeadless'],
+    // Chrome won't run on CI unless the `--no-sandbox` and `--disable-setuid-sandbox` flags are applied
+    // Karma's Chrome Headless seems based on Puppeteer and runs into this issue:
+    // https://github.com/Googlechrome/puppeteer/issues/290
+    browsers: ['ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox'],
+    customLaunchers: {
+      ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox: {
+        base: 'ChromeHeadless',
+        flags: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox']
+      }
+    },
 
     files: [
       'test/functional/**/*.js'
diff --git a/test/wdio.config.js b/test/wdio.config.js
index 60ba09b..5304e87 100644
--- a/test/wdio.config.js
+++ b/test/wdio.config.js
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ const capabilitiesLocal = [
   {
     browserName: 'chrome',
     'goog:chromeOptions': {
-      args: ['--headless=new'],
+      // Chrome won't run on CI unless the `--no-sandbox` and `--disable-setuid-sandbox` flags are applied
+      // otherwise, it runs into the same kind of issue as Karma and Puppeteer:
+      // https://github.com/Googlechrome/puppeteer/issues/290
+      args: ['--headless=new', '--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'],
       binary: puppeteer.executablePath()
     }
   }