diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 42352a79..d1f354fa 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ outputs:
         - export QT_API=pyqt5  # [unix]
         - which napari
         - napari --info  # [not linux]
-        - 'QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose xvfb-run --auto-servernum napari --info > napari_info.txt 2>&1 || true' # [linux]
+        - 'QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen xvfb-run --auto-servernum napari --info > napari_info.txt 2>&1 || true' # [linux]
         - cat napari_info.txt  # [linux]
         - 'grep -C99 "napari: ${PKG_VERSION}" napari_info.txt'  # [linux]
         # - pytest --pyargs napari