diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ _FORCE_ENVIRON_FOR_WRAPPERS = {
 
 
 _POLLING_STRATEGIES = {
-  'linux': ['epoll', 'poll', 'poll-cv']
+  'linux': ['epollex', 'epoll', 'poll', 'poll-cv']
 }
Add epollex polling engine to run_tests.py