diff --git a/slack-plugin/src/main/kotlin/slack/unittest/UnitTests.kt b/slack-plugin/src/main/kotlin/slack/unittest/UnitTests.kt
index b2506e495..74893cf2d 100644
--- a/slack-plugin/src/main/kotlin/slack/unittest/UnitTests.kt
+++ b/slack-plugin/src/main/kotlin/slack/unittest/UnitTests.kt
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ internal object UnitTests {
         "-Xss1m", // Stack size
       )
 
+      // TODO would be nice to some day only conditionally apply robolectric args
+      // Enable Robolectric's new NATIVE graphics mode.
+      // https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric/releases/tag/robolectric-4.10-alpha-1
+      systemProperty("robolectric.graphicsMode", "NATIVE")
+
       if (slackProperties.testVerboseLogging) {
         // Add additional logging on Jenkins to help debug hanging or OOM-ing unit tests.
         testLogging {