diff --git a/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml b/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml
index 6227a290..9fdb150b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ jobs:
         appium plugin install execute-driver
         nohup appium --use-plugins=images,execute-driver --relaxed-security --log-timestamp --log-no-colors > appium.log &
 
+    - run: |
+        appium driver run xcuitest download-wda-sim  --platform=ios --outdir=${{ github.workspace }}/wda
+      name: Downloading prebuilt WDA
+
     - name: Set up Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ jobs:
         pipenv lock --clear
         pipenv install -d --system
         pytest ${{ matrix.test_targets.target}} --doctest-modules --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov=com --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
+      env:
+        LOCAL_PREBUILT_WDA: ${{ github.workspace }}/wda/WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner.app
 
     - name: Save server output
       if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/test/functional/ios/helper/desired_capabilities.py b/test/functional/ios/helper/desired_capabilities.py
index b0687c35..7dfaf0bf 100644
--- a/test/functional/ios/helper/desired_capabilities.py
+++ b/test/functional/ios/helper/desired_capabilities.py
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ def get_desired_capabilities(app: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     if app is not None:
         desired_caps['app'] = PATH(os.path.join('../../..', 'apps', app))
 
+    local_prebuilt_wda = os.getenv('LOCAL_PREBUILT_WDA')
+    if local_prebuilt_wda:
+        desired_caps['usePreinstalledWDA'] = True
+        desired_caps['prebuiltWDAPath'] = local_prebuilt_wda
+
     return desired_caps