diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps
index 1fd7546..8057adf 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     # Normalize the expected apps
     apps=${2:-$ONOS_APPS}
-    apps=${apps:-drivers,openflow}
+    apps=${apps:-gui,drivers,openflow}
     (for app in ${apps//,/ }; do echo ${appnameextra}${app}; done) | sort > $aux.2
 
     # Check for differences
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-config b/tools/test/bin/onos-config
index 6c9ad04..d1f6e89 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-config
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-config
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 export ONOS_BOOT_FEATURES="${ONOS_BOOT_FEATURES:-webconsole,onos-api,onos-core,onos-incubator,onos-cli,onos-rest,onos-gui}"
 
 # ONOS builtin apps and providers ignited by default
-export ONOS_APPS="${ONOS_APPS:-drivers,openflow}"
+export ONOS_APPS="${ONOS_APPS:-gui,drivers,openflow}"
 
 ssh -tt $remote "
     echo \"onos.ip = \$(sudo ifconfig | grep $ONOS_NIC | cut -d: -f2 | cut -d\\  -f1)\" \