diff --git a/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
index 456188ec8a..a172e68282 100644
--- a/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function(integrationTest)
     cmake_parse_arguments(ARGS "" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
     add_executable(${ARGS_NAME} ${ARGS_SRCS})
     target_link_libraries(${ARGS_NAME} KWinIntegrationTestFramework kwin Qt5::Test ${ARGS_LIBS})
-    add_test(kwin-${ARGS_NAME} ${ARGS_NAME})
+    add_test(NAME kwin-${ARGS_NAME} COMMAND dbus-run-session ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${ARGS_NAME})
 endfunction()
 
 integrationTest(NAME testStart SRCS start_test.cpp)
diff --git a/autotests/integration/activities_test.cpp b/autotests/integration/activities_test.cpp
index 4e3c69ed97..1acfead397 100644
--- a/autotests/integration/activities_test.cpp
+++ b/autotests/integration/activities_test.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class ActivitiesTest : public QObject
     Q_OBJECT
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void initTestCase();
+    void cleanupTestCase();
     void init();
     void cleanup();
     void testSetOnActivitiesValidates();
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ void ActivitiesTest::initTestCase()
     waylandServer()->initWorkspace();
 }
 
+void ActivitiesTest::cleanupTestCase()
+{
+    QProcess::execute(QStringLiteral("kactivitymanagerd"), QStringList{QStringLiteral("stop")});
+}
+
 void ActivitiesTest::init()
 {
     screens()->setCurrent(0);