diff --git a/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.mjs b/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.mjs
index f404fe908ab7..a81de0146cd5 100644
--- a/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.mjs
+++ b/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ import { resolvePnpmRunner } from "./pnpm-runner.mjs";
 const repoRoot = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
 const playwrightInstallArgs = ["--dir", "ui", "exec", "playwright", "install", "chromium"];
 const executableOverrideEnvKey = "PLAYWRIGHT_CHROMIUM_EXECUTABLE_PATH";
+export const systemChromiumExecutableCandidates = [
+  "/snap/bin/chromium",
+  "/usr/bin/chromium-browser",
+  "/usr/bin/chromium",
+  "/usr/bin/google-chrome",
+  "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable",
+];
+
+export function resolveSystemChromiumExecutablePath(existsSync = existsSyncImpl) {
+  return systemChromiumExecutableCandidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate)) ?? "";
+}
 
 export function resolvePlaywrightInstallRunner(options = {}) {
   const env = options.env ?? process.env;
@@ -58,6 +69,13 @@ export function ensurePlaywrightChromium(options = {}) {
     return 0;
   }
 
+  const systemExecutablePath =
+    options.systemExecutablePath ?? resolveSystemChromiumExecutablePath(existsSync);
+  if (systemExecutablePath) {
+    log(`[ui-e2e] Using system Chromium at ${systemExecutablePath}.`);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   if (env.OPENCLAW_UI_E2E_ALLOW_MISSING_CHROMIUM === "1") {
     log(
       `[ui-e2e] Playwright Chromium is missing at ${executablePath}; OPENCLAW_UI_E2E_ALLOW_MISSING_CHROMIUM=1 leaves the lane skipped.`,
diff --git a/test/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.test.ts b/test/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.test.ts
index d18e6030c432..e8164654ada0 100644
--- a/test/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/ensure-playwright-chromium.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@ describe("ensurePlaywrightChromium", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("uses a system Chromium binary when Playwright Chromium is missing", () => {
+    const logs: string[] = [];
+    const spawnSync = vi.fn();
+
+    expect(
+      ensurePlaywrightChromium({
+        executablePath: "/cache/chromium/chrome",
+        existsSync: (path: string) => path === "/usr/bin/chromium-browser",
+        log: (line: string) => logs.push(line),
+        spawnSync,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(0);
+    expect(spawnSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(logs.join("\n")).toContain("Using system Chromium at /usr/bin/chromium-browser");
+  });
+
   it("preserves the intentional missing-browser skip mode", () => {
     const logs: string[] = [];
     const spawnSync = vi.fn();
@@ -81,6 +97,7 @@ describe("ensurePlaywrightChromium", () => {
         platform: "linux",
         spawnSync,
         stdio: "pipe",
+        systemExecutablePath: "",
       }),
     ).toBe(0);
     expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -103,6 +120,7 @@ describe("ensurePlaywrightChromium", () => {
         existsSync: () => false,
         spawnSync: vi.fn(() => ({ status: 23 })),
         stdio: "pipe",
+        systemExecutablePath: "",
       }),
     ).toBe(23);
   });
diff --git a/ui/src/test-helpers/control-ui-e2e.ts b/ui/src/test-helpers/control-ui-e2e.ts
index c75719201f62..34f1ea17fa1e 100644
--- a/ui/src/test-helpers/control-ui-e2e.ts
+++ b/ui/src/test-helpers/control-ui-e2e.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ export type MockGatewayControls = {
 };
 
 const chromiumExecutableOverrideEnvKey = "PLAYWRIGHT_CHROMIUM_EXECUTABLE_PATH";
+const systemChromiumExecutableCandidates = [
+  "/snap/bin/chromium",
+  "/usr/bin/chromium-browser",
+  "/usr/bin/chromium",
+  "/usr/bin/google-chrome",
+  "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable",
+] as const;
 
 function resolveRepoRoot(): string {
   const here = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
@@ -94,7 +101,16 @@ export function resolvePlaywrightChromiumExecutablePath(
   env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
 ): string {
   const executableOverride = env[chromiumExecutableOverrideEnvKey]?.trim();
-  return executableOverride || defaultExecutablePath;
+  if (executableOverride) {
+    return executableOverride;
+  }
+  if (existsSync(defaultExecutablePath)) {
+    return defaultExecutablePath;
+  }
+  return (
+    systemChromiumExecutableCandidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate)) ??
+    defaultExecutablePath
+  );
 }
 
 export function canRunPlaywrightChromium(chromiumExecutablePath: string): boolean {