diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
index d08d9b01de..9c52475b7a 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ EXTRA_RUNS+=run-memory-replay
 
 ifneq ($(CROSS_CC_HAS_ARMV8_3),)
 pauth-3: CFLAGS += $(CROSS_CC_HAS_ARMV8_3)
+# This test explicitly checks the output of the pauth operation so we
+# must force the use of the QARMA5 algorithm for it.
+run-pauth-3: QEMU_BASE_MACHINE=-M virt -cpu max,pauth-qarma5=on -display none
 else
 pauth-3:
 	$(call skip-test, "BUILD of $@", "missing compiler support")