diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dc857cd33..ee77c95ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       GKS_ENCODING: "utf8"
       GKSwstype: "nul"
       JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND: "MicroMamba"
+      PLOTS_PLOTLYJS_UNSAFE_ELECTRON: "true"
       MPLBACKEND: "agg"
     name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }}
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index e88b25ae1..792ff18b8 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -848,6 +848,13 @@ const _pgfplots_scale = [:identity, :ln, :log2, :log10]
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # plotlyjs
+_post_imports(::PlotlyJSBackend) = @eval begin
+    const PlotlyJS = Main.PlotlyJS
+    if Plots.bool_env("PLOTS_PLOTLYJS_UNSAFE_ELECTRON", "false")
+        (Sys.islinux() && isdefined(PlotlyJS, :unsafe_electron)) &&
+            PlotlyJS.unsafe_electron()
+    end
+end
 
 const _plotlyjs_attr       = _plotly_attr
 const _plotlyjs_seriestype = _plotly_seriestype