diff --git a/ci/azure/linux_script b/ci/azure/linux_script
index c34d8d324..d3a0d40b5 100755
--- a/ci/azure/linux_script
+++ b/ci/azure/linux_script
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ sudo apt-get update -q
 
 sudo apt-get remove -y llvm-*
 sudo rm -rf /usr/local/*
-sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libclang-10-dev llvm-10 llvm-10-dev liblld-10-dev cmake s3cmd gcc-7 g++-7 qemu
+sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libclang-10-dev llvm-10 llvm-10-dev liblld-10-dev cmake s3cmd gcc-7 g++-7
+
+wget https://ziglang.org/deps/qemu-5.0.0-rc1-x86_64-alpinelinux.tar.xz
+tar xf qemu-5.0.0-rc1-x86_64-alpinelinux.tar.xz
+PATH=$PWD/qemu-5.0.0-rc1/bin:$PATH
 
 # Make the `zig version` number consistent.
 # This will affect the cmake command below.