diff --git a/cmd/integration_test/main.go b/cmd/integration_test/main.go
index c7952e51a..711ce8b33 100644
--- a/cmd/integration_test/main.go
+++ b/cmd/integration_test/main.go
@@ -61,14 +61,23 @@ func main() {
 		slow := false
 		sandbox := false
 		waitForDebugger := false
+		raceDetector := false
 		testNames := parseFlags(os.Args[2:], []flagInfo{
 			{"slow", &slow},
 			{"sandbox", &sandbox},
 			{"debug", &waitForDebugger},
+			{"race", &raceDetector},
 		})
-		clients.RunCLI(testNames, slow, sandbox, waitForDebugger)
+		clients.RunCLI(testNames, slow, sandbox, waitForDebugger, raceDetector)
 	case "tui":
-		clients.RunTUI()
+		raceDetector := false
+		remainingArgs := parseFlags(os.Args[2:], []flagInfo{
+			{"race", &raceDetector},
+		})
+		if len(remainingArgs) > 0 {
+			log.Fatal("tui only supports the -race argument.")
+		}
+		clients.RunTUI(raceDetector)
 	default:
 		log.Fatal(usage)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/integration/clients/cli.go b/pkg/integration/clients/cli.go
index 571dea491..974f3493c 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/clients/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/clients/cli.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 // If invoked directly, you can specify tests to run by passing their names as positional arguments
 
-func RunCLI(testNames []string, slow bool, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger bool) {
+func RunCLI(testNames []string, slow bool, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger bool, raceDetector bool) {
 	inputDelay := tryConvert(os.Getenv("INPUT_DELAY"), 0)
 	if slow {
 		inputDelay = SLOW_INPUT_DELAY
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func RunCLI(testNames []string, slow bool, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger bool) {
 		runAndPrintFatalError,
 		sandbox,
 		waitForDebugger,
+		raceDetector,
 		inputDelay,
 		1,
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/integration/clients/go_test.go b/pkg/integration/clients/go_test.go
index 89d8a0653..ccaae2bd9 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/clients/go_test.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/clients/go_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 
 	parallelTotal := tryConvert(os.Getenv("PARALLEL_TOTAL"), 1)
 	parallelIndex := tryConvert(os.Getenv("PARALLEL_INDEX"), 0)
+	raceDetector := os.Getenv("LAZYGIT_RACE_DETECTOR") != ""
 	testNumber := 0
 
 	err := components.RunTests(
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		false,
 		false,
+		raceDetector,
 		0,
 		// Allow two attempts at each test to get around flakiness
 		2,
diff --git a/pkg/integration/clients/tui.go b/pkg/integration/clients/tui.go
index 64610ccb3..7ad9cb47f 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/clients/tui.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/clients/tui.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 var SLOW_INPUT_DELAY = 600
 
-func RunTUI() {
+func RunTUI(raceDetector bool) {
 	rootDir := utils.GetLazyRootDirectory()
 	testDir := filepath.Join(rootDir, "test", "integration")
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func RunTUI() {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, true, false, 0)
+		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, true, false, raceDetector, 0)
 
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func RunTUI() {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, false, false, 0)
+		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, false, false, raceDetector, 0)
 
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func RunTUI() {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, false, false, SLOW_INPUT_DELAY)
+		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, false, false, raceDetector, SLOW_INPUT_DELAY)
 
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func RunTUI() {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, false, true, 0)
+		suspendAndRunTest(currentTest, false, true, raceDetector, 0)
 
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ func (self *app) wrapEditor(f func(v *gocui.View, key gocui.Key, ch rune, mod go
 	}
 }
 
-func suspendAndRunTest(test *components.IntegrationTest, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger bool, inputDelay int) {
+func suspendAndRunTest(test *components.IntegrationTest, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger bool, raceDetector bool, inputDelay int) {
 	if err := gocui.Screen.Suspend(); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	runTuiTest(test, sandbox, waitForDebugger, inputDelay)
+	runTuiTest(test, sandbox, waitForDebugger, raceDetector, inputDelay)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "\n%s", style.FgGreen.Sprint("press enter to return"))
 	fmt.Scanln() // wait for enter press
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func quit(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return gocui.ErrQuit
 }
 
-func runTuiTest(test *components.IntegrationTest, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger bool, inputDelay int) {
+func runTuiTest(test *components.IntegrationTest, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger bool, raceDetector bool, inputDelay int) {
 	err := components.RunTests(
 		[]*components.IntegrationTest{test},
 		log.Printf,
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ func runTuiTest(test *components.IntegrationTest, sandbox bool, waitForDebugger
 		runAndPrintError,
 		sandbox,
 		waitForDebugger,
+		raceDetector,
 		inputDelay,
 		1,
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/integration/components/runner.go b/pkg/integration/components/runner.go
index 4a9d624ad..569be8d28 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/components/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/components/runner.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func RunTests(
 	testWrapper func(test *IntegrationTest, f func() error),
 	sandbox bool,
 	waitForDebugger bool,
+	raceDetector bool,
 	inputDelay int,
 	maxAttempts int,
 ) error {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func RunTests(
 
 	testDir := filepath.Join(projectRootDir, "test", "_results")
 
-	if err := buildLazygit(); err != nil {
+	if err := buildLazygit(raceDetector); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -131,15 +132,18 @@ func prepareTestDir(
 	return createFixture(test, paths, rootDir)
 }
 
-func buildLazygit() error {
+func buildLazygit(raceDetector bool) error {
 	// // TODO: remove this line!
 	// // skipping this because I'm not making changes to the app code atm.
 	// return nil
 
+	args := []string{"go", "build"}
+	if raceDetector {
+		args = append(args, "-race")
+	}
+	args = append(args, "-o", tempLazygitPath(), filepath.FromSlash("pkg/integration/clients/injector/main.go"))
 	osCommand := oscommands.NewDummyOSCommand()
-	return osCommand.Cmd.New([]string{
-		"go", "build", "-o", tempLazygitPath(), filepath.FromSlash("pkg/integration/clients/injector/main.go"),
-	}).Run()
+	return osCommand.Cmd.New(args).Run()
 }
 
 func createFixture(test *IntegrationTest, paths Paths, rootDir string) error {
@@ -202,6 +206,9 @@ func getLazygitCommand(test *IntegrationTest, paths Paths, rootDir string, sandb
 	if waitForDebugger {
 		cmdObj.AddEnvVars("WAIT_FOR_DEBUGGER=true")
 	}
+	// Set a race detector log path only to avoid spamming the terminal with the
+	// logs. We are not showing this anywhere yet.
+	cmdObj.AddEnvVars(fmt.Sprintf("GORACE=log_path=%s", raceDetectorLogsPath()))
 	if test.ExtraEnvVars() != nil {
 		for key, value := range test.ExtraEnvVars() {
 			cmdObj.AddEnvVars(fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, value))
@@ -221,6 +228,10 @@ func tempLazygitPath() string {
 	return filepath.Join("/tmp", "lazygit", "test_lazygit")
 }
 
+func raceDetectorLogsPath() string {
+	return filepath.Join("/tmp", "lazygit", "race_log")
+}
+
 func findOrCreateDir(path string) {
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
 	if err != nil {