diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bb4ce1a..efde576 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -927,6 +927,10 @@ jobs:
             then
                 echo "Executing: sudo pkg git bash python3 curl"
                 sudo pkg install -y git bash python3 curl
+                # Enable persistent umtx for vnode-backed shared memory synchronization
+                # This is needed for process-shared pthread mutexes in memory-mapped files
+                echo "Setting kern.ipc.umtx_vnode_persistent=1"
+                sudo sysctl kern.ipc.umtx_vnode_persistent=1
             fi
             if [ "${{matrix.vm}}" == "openbsd" ]
             then