diff --git a/tests/auto/wayland/seatv4/tst_seatv4.cpp b/tests/auto/wayland/seatv4/tst_seatv4.cpp
index 8d78c2b3643..7b80c02f508 100644
--- a/tests/auto/wayland/seatv4/tst_seatv4.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/wayland/seatv4/tst_seatv4.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public:
     {
         exec([this] {
             m_config.autoConfigure = true;
+            m_config.autoFrameCallback = false; // for cursor animation test
 
             removeAll<Seat>();
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.cpp b/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.cpp
index 5748c51ae57..571117d6b4b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ DefaultCompositor::DefaultCompositor(CompositorType t, int socketFd)
                     // Pretend we made a copy of the buffer and just release it immediately
                     surface->m_committed.buffer->send_release();
                 }
+                if (m_config.autoFrameCallback) {
+                    surface->sendFrameCallbacks();
+                }
                 if (m_config.autoEnter && get<Output>() && surface->m_outputs.empty())
                     surface->sendEnter(get<Output>());
                 wl_display_flush_clients(m_display);
diff --git a/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.h b/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.h
index 8d26361a4f9..268f77680df 100644
--- a/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.h
+++ b/tests/auto/wayland/shared/mockcompositor.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public:
         bool autoEnter = true;
         bool autoRelease = true;
         bool autoConfigure = false;
+        bool autoFrameCallback = true;
     } m_config;
     void resetConfig() { exec([&] { m_config = Config{}; }); }
 };
diff --git a/tests/auto/wayland/surface/tst_surface.cpp b/tests/auto/wayland/surface/tst_surface.cpp
index ad7af036a14..75a83e23023 100644
--- a/tests/auto/wayland/surface/tst_surface.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/wayland/surface/tst_surface.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ using namespace MockCompositor;
 class tst_surface : public QObject, private DefaultCompositor
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit tst_surface();
 private slots:
     void cleanup() { QTRY_VERIFY2(isClean(), qPrintable(dirtyMessage())); }
     void createDestroySurface();
@@ -26,6 +28,11 @@ private slots:
     void createSubsurfaceForHiddenParent();
 };
 
+tst_surface::tst_surface()
+{
+    m_config.autoFrameCallback = false;
+}
+
 void tst_surface::createDestroySurface()
 {
     QWindow window;