diff --git a/chv-guest/build.sh b/chv-guest/build.sh
index 6719d81..3c1fa26 100755
--- a/chv-guest/build.sh
+++ b/chv-guest/build.sh
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ VC_ARGS=(-a "$OUT/disk.raw"
   --run-command 'dpkg-query -W -f "${Package} ${Version}\n" > /app/guest-versions-dpkg.txt; pip3 freeze > /app/guest-versions-pip.txt || true')
 if [ "${PLAYWRIGHT:-1}" = "1" ]; then
   VC_ARGS+=(
-    --run-command 'pip3 install --no-cache-dir playwright; python3 -m playwright install --with-deps chromium'
+    --run-command '(pip3 install --no-cache-dir --break-system-packages playwright || pip3 install --no-cache-dir playwright) && python3 -m playwright install --with-deps chromium'
     --run-command 'dpkg-query -W -f "${Package} ${Version}\n" > /app/guest-versions-dpkg.txt; pip3 freeze > /app/guest-versions-pip.txt || true'
     --run-command 'ls /root/.cache/ms-playwright/ > /app/guest-versions-chromium.txt 2>/dev/null || true')
 fi