diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6f134c9a7a7bd..0748d6550fe2d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: >
           PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/envs/pandas-dev/bin:$HOME/miniconda3/condabin:$PATH
           LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/miniconda3/envs/pandas-dev/lib/libgomp.so.1:$LD_PRELOAD
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libegl1 libopengl0
           ci/run_tests.sh
   linux-musl:
     docker:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
index 8e29d56f47dcf..f908d1e572ab1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ jobs:
     # TODO: The doctests have to be run first right now, since the Cython doctests only work
     # with pandas installed in non-editable mode
     # This can be removed once pytest-cython doesn't require C extensions to be installed inplace
+
+    - name: Extra installs
+      # https://pytest-qt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/troubleshooting.html#github-actions-azure-pipelines-travis-ci-and-gitlab-ci-cd
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libegl1 libopengl0
+
     - name: Run doctests
       run: cd ci && ./code_checks.sh doctests
       if: ${{ steps.build.outcome == 'success' && always() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docbuild-and-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/docbuild-and-upload.yml
index 73acd9acc129a..e470b181772ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docbuild-and-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docbuild-and-upload.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build Pandas
       uses: ./.github/actions/build_pandas
 
+    - name: Extra installs
+      # https://pytest-qt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/troubleshooting.html#github-actions-azure-pipelines-travis-ci-and-gitlab-ci-cd
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libegl1 libopengl0
+
     - name: Test website
       run: python -m pytest web/
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index bacc3d874a60d..c1965fcbd9236 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Extra installs
-      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ${{ matrix.extra_apt }}
-      if: ${{ matrix.extra_apt }}
+      # https://pytest-qt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/troubleshooting.html#github-actions-azure-pipelines-travis-ci-and-gitlab-ci-cd
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libegl1 libopengl0 ${{ matrix.extra_apt || ''}}
 
     - name: Generate extra locales
       # These extra locales will be available for locale.setlocale() calls in tests