diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 47e3e83f..2836c51c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Display Python version
         run: python --version
 
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            libwoff2-dev \
+            libvpx-dev \
+            libevent-dev \
+            libopus-dev \
+            libgstreamer1.0-dev \
+            libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
+            libharfbuzz-dev \
+            libhyphen-dev \
+            libflite1 \
+            libgles2-mesa-dev \
+            libx264-dev
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip