diff --git a/tests/Cargo.toml b/tests/Cargo.toml
index 127226b0bd..410de588f9 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 strum = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 trybuild.workspace = true
-wgpu = { workspace = true, features = ["wgsl"] }
+wgpu = { workspace = true, features = ["wgsl", "static-dxc"] }
 wgpu-macros.workspace = true
 wgt = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 
diff --git a/tests/src/init.rs b/tests/src/init.rs
index 3644655bec..01548c0bdf 100644
--- a/tests/src/init.rs
+++ b/tests/src/init.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn initialize_instance(backends: wgpu::Backends, force_fxc: bool) -> Instanc
     let dx12_shader_compiler = if force_fxc {
         wgpu::Dx12Compiler::Fxc
     } else {
-        wgpu::util::dx12_shader_compiler_from_env().unwrap_or_default()
+        wgpu::util::dx12_shader_compiler_from_env().unwrap_or(wgpu::Dx12Compiler::StaticDxc)
     };
     let gles_minor_version = wgpu::util::gles_minor_version_from_env().unwrap_or_default();
     Instance::new(wgpu::InstanceDescriptor {