diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6c3800a2a774a337156d0d92d8f7f7a8d98e2a1c..35b8851472732ab193e07d33f123152a4f16743d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -370,15 +370,17 @@ test-linux-aarch64-cov:
       # Reexport coverage information for final 'coverage' job
       dotenv: build/coverage_path.env
 
-.test-linux-aarch64-cov-fvp:
+test-linux-aarch64-cov-fvp:
   extends:
     - .standard-rules
     - .coverage-post-processing
   stage: test
+  # Testing under FVP requires a longer timeout because simulation is much slower than silicon execution
+  timeout: 40m
   needs:
     - build-clang-cov
   variables:
-    FVP_TEST_EXECUTABLE: "./build/kleidiai_test --gtest_output=xml:kleidiai_test_results.xml"
+    FVP_TEST_EXECUTABLE: "./build/kleidiai_test --gtest_output=xml:kleidiai_test_results.xml --gtest_filter=*sme* --gtest_brief=1"
   script:
     - *test-linux-fvp
     - mkdir -p build/coverage
@@ -502,7 +504,7 @@ coverage:
   stage: analyze
   needs:
     - test-linux-aarch64-cov
-    # - test-linux-aarch64-cov-fvp  # disabled job
+    - test-linux-aarch64-cov-fvp
   script:
     - mkdir -p build/html/coverage
     - gcovr --json-add-tracefile "build/coverage/*.json" --print-summary