diff --git a/nixos/tests/freetube.nix b/nixos/tests/freetube.nix
index f285384b68e0..faa534938227 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/freetube.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/freetube.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ let
       inherit name;
       nodes = { "${name}" = machine; };
       meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ kirillrdy ];
+      # time-out on ofborg
+      meta.broken = pkgs.stdenv.isAarch64;
       enableOCR = true;
 
       testScript = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
index b5a8221b7fdf..ef41f49d7a0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postFixup = ''
     makeWrapper ${electron}/bin/electron $out/bin/${pname} \
-      --add-flags $out/share/${pname}/resources/app.asar
+      --add-flags $out/share/${pname}/resources/app.asar \
+      --add-flags "\''${NIXOS_OZONE_WL:+\''${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland}}"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {