diff --git a/driver-bundle/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/TestInstall.java b/driver-bundle/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/TestInstall.java
index cf01fa3b..af652eba 100644
--- a/driver-bundle/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/TestInstall.java
+++ b/driver-bundle/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/TestInstall.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 public class TestInstall {
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ public class TestInstall {
     // Clear system property to ensure that the driver is loaded from jar.
     System.clearProperty("playwright.cli.dir");
     System.clearProperty("playwright.driver.tmpdir");
+    // Clear system property to ensure that the default driver is loaded.
+    System.clearProperty("playwright.driver.impl");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -57,4 +62,19 @@ public class TestInstall {
     DriverJar driver = new DriverJar();
     assertTrue(driver.driverPath().startsWith(tmpdir), "Driver path: " + driver.driverPath() + " tmp: " + tmpdir);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void playwrightDriverDefaultImpl() {
+    assertDoesNotThrow(() -> Driver.ensureDriverInstalled(Collections.emptyMap(), false));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void playwrightDriverAlternativeImpl() {
+    System.setProperty("playwright.driver.impl", "com.microsoft.playwright.impl.AlternativeDriver");
+    RuntimeException thrown =
+      assertThrows(
+        RuntimeException.class,
+        () -> Driver.ensureDriverInstalled(Collections.emptyMap(), false));
+    assertEquals("Failed to create driver", thrown.getMessage());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/driver/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Driver.java b/driver/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Driver.java
index d4512ef5..7793b30c 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Driver.java
+++ b/driver/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/Driver.java
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ public abstract class Driver {
       return new PreinstalledDriver(Paths.get(pathFromProperty));
     }
 
-    Class<?> jarDriver = Class.forName("com.microsoft.playwright.impl.DriverJar");
+    String driverImpl =
+      System.getProperty("playwright.driver.impl", "com.microsoft.playwright.impl.DriverJar");
+    Class<?> jarDriver = Class.forName(driverImpl);
     return (Driver) jarDriver.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
   }