diff --git a/integration/__tests__/app.tests.ts b/integration/__tests__/app.tests.ts
index eeef7a01f1..72d95fa97d 100644
--- a/integration/__tests__/app.tests.ts
+++ b/integration/__tests__/app.tests.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   cluster and vice versa.
 */
 import { Application } from "spectron"
+const spectronKeys = require("spectron-keys")
 import * as util from "../helpers/utils"
 import { spawnSync } from "child_process"
 
@@ -54,10 +55,12 @@ describe("Lens integration tests", () => {
       await app.client.keys(['Shift', 'Meta'])
     })
 
-    it.skip('shows "preferences"', async () => {
-      await app.client.keys(['Meta', ','])
+    it('shows "preferences"', async () => {
+      await app.client.keys(spectronKeys.mapAccelerator("Control+F2"))  // attempt to activate the menu bar (I know this is macos only, trying anything)
+      await app.client.keys(spectronKeys.mapAccelerator("Control")) // "key up" the Control key
+      await app.client.keys(spectronKeys.mapAccelerator("CommandOrControl+,")) // Preferences accelerator
       await app.client.waitUntilTextExists("h2", "Preferences")
-      await app.client.keys('Meta')
+      await app.client.keys(spectronKeys.mapAccelerator("CommandOrControl"))  // "key up" the CommandOrControl key
     })
 
     it.skip('quits Lens"', async () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 43c5c31359..7cd4260961 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@
     "react-window": "^1.8.5",
     "sass-loader": "^8.0.2",
     "spectron": "11.0.0",
+    "spectron-keys": "0.0.1",
     "style-loader": "^1.2.1",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.3",
     "ts-jest": "^26.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a8dcc87642..bedd3e2ffd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10665,6 +10665,11 @@ spdy@^4.0.2:
     select-hose "^2.0.0"
     spdy-transport "^3.0.0"
 
+spectron-keys@0.0.1:
+  version "0.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/spectron-keys/-/spectron-keys-0.0.1.tgz#45c3aa535e85fe5f5c71fd18cfa43927826f65db"
+  integrity sha1-RcOqU16F/l9ccf0Yz6Q5J4JvZds=
+
 spectron@11.0.0:
   version "11.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/spectron/-/spectron-11.0.0.tgz#79d785e6b8898638e77b5186711e3910ed4ca09b"