diff --git a/scripts/ci.sh b/scripts/ci.sh
index a4ac89fb8bd816860bbb1f451db242b9cffe6169..d88050465eedb462210d6ccd572107989bbc22f3 100755
--- a/scripts/ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ TESTRESULT=0
 qemu-aarch64     build/test/framework/intrinsiccv-framework-test --gtest_output=xml:build/test-results/ || TESTRESULT=1
 qemu-aarch64 -cpu cortex-a35 build/test/api/intrinsiccv-api-test --gtest_output=xml:build/test-results/neon/ || TESTRESULT=1
 qemu-aarch64 -cpu cortex-a76 build/test/api/intrinsiccv-api-test --gtest_output=xml:build/test-results/sve2/ || TESTRESULT=1
-qemu-aarch64 -cpu max        build/test/api/intrinsiccv-api-test --gtest_output=xml:build/test-results/sme/ || TESTRESULT=1
+qemu-aarch64 -cpu max,sve128=on,sme512=on \
+  build/test/api/intrinsiccv-api-test --gtest_output=xml:build/test-results/sme/ --vector-length=64 || TESTRESULT=1
 
 scripts/prefix_testsuite_names.py build/test-results/neon/intrinsiccv-api-test.xml "NEON."
 scripts/prefix_testsuite_names.py build/test-results/sve2/intrinsiccv-api-test.xml "SVE2."