diff --git a/tests/AndroidTest.xml b/tests/AndroidTest.xml
index 4188ee2..f616872 100644
--- a/tests/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/tests/AndroidTest.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
      limitations under the License.
 -->
 <configuration description="Run Phone application tests.">
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer">
+        <option name="force-root" value="true" />
+    </target_preparer>
     <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct" />
     <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct-instrumentation" />
     <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.suite.SuiteApkInstaller">
@@ -26,5 +29,6 @@
         <option name="package" value="com.android.phone.tests" />
         <option name="runner" value="androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner" />
         <option name="hidden-api-checks" value="false"/>
+        <option name="test-filter-dir" value="/data/data/com.android.phone" />
     </test>
 </configuration>