diff --git a/nixos/tests/gdk-pixbuf.nix b/nixos/tests/gdk-pixbuf.nix
index b20f61b5ffe2..005c5111da2b 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/gdk-pixbuf.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/gdk-pixbuf.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ gnome-desktop-testing ];
     environment.variables.XDG_DATA_DIRS = [ "${pkgs.gdk_pixbuf.installedTests}/share" ];
 
-    virtualisation.memorySize = 4096; # Tests allocate a lot of memory trying to exploit a CVE
+    # Tests allocate a lot of memory trying to exploit a CVE
+    # but qemu-system-i386 has a 2047M memory limit
+    virtualisation.memorySize = if pkgs.stdenv.isi686 then 2047 else 4096;
   };
 
   testScript = ''
-    $machine->succeed("gnome-desktop-testing-runner");
+    $machine->succeed("gnome-desktop-testing-runner -t 1800"); # increase timeout to 1800s
   '';
 })