diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/119 b/tests/qemu-iotests/119
index 9a11f1b921e5..cc6ec07705d5 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/119
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/119
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ echo "{'execute': 'qmp_capabilities'}
       {'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
        'arguments': {'command-line': 'qemu-io drv \"read -P 0 0 64k\"'}}
       {'execute': 'quit'}" \
-    | $QEMU -drive id=drv,if=none,file="$TEST_IMG",driver=nbd \
+    | $QEMU -nographic -drive id=drv,if=none,file="$TEST_IMG",driver=nbd \
             -qmp stdio -nodefaults \
     | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/120 b/tests/qemu-iotests/120
index 9f1307876407..d899a3f527c8 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/120
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/120
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ echo "{'execute': 'qmp_capabilities'}
       {'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
        'arguments': {'command-line': 'qemu-io drv \"write -P 42 0 64k\"'}}
       {'execute': 'quit'}" \
-    | $QEMU -qmp stdio -nodefaults \
+    | $QEMU -qmp stdio -nographic -nodefaults \
             -drive id=drv,if=none,file="$TEST_IMG",driver=raw,file.driver=$IMGFMT \
     | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IO -c 'read -P 42 0 64k' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io