diff --git a/src/driver.ts b/src/driver.ts
index cadf180761744..cd8e7b2a228d0 100644
--- a/src/driver.ts
+++ b/src/driver.ts
@@ -63,3 +63,6 @@ export function runServer() {
   (playwright as any).electron = new Electron();
   new PlaywrightDispatcher(dispatcherConnection.rootDispatcher(), playwright);
 }
+
+if (process.argv[2] === 'serve')
+  runServer();
diff --git a/test/fixtures.ts b/test/fixtures.ts
index 6cf6b1028fd7e..369cabe070388 100644
--- a/test/fixtures.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fixtures.overrideWorkerFixture('playwright', async ({ browserName, testWorkerInd
   if (wire) {
     require('../lib/utils/utils').setUnderTest();
     const connection = new Connection();
-    const spawnedProcess = childProcess.fork(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'lib', 'server.js'), [], {
+    const spawnedProcess = childProcess.fork(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'lib', 'driver.js'), ['serve'], {
       stdio: 'pipe',
       detached: true,
     });