diff --git a/libs/gui/tests/AndroidTest.xml b/libs/gui/tests/AndroidTest.xml
index c02e020..5e09fff 100644
--- a/libs/gui/tests/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/libs/gui/tests/AndroidTest.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
         <option name="cleanup" value="true" />
         <option name="push" value="libgui_test->/data/local/tmp/libgui_test" />
     </target_preparer>
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.DeviceSetup">
+      <option name="force-skip-system-props" value="true" /> <!-- avoid restarting device -->
+      <option name="screen-always-on" value="on" />
+    </target_preparer>
     <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct" />
     <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.GTest" >
         <option name="native-test-device-path" value="/data/local/tmp" />