diff --git a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/browser-settings.js b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/browser-settings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3277bc51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/browser-settings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const archetype = require("electrode-archetype-react-component/config/archetype");
+const browser = archetype.karma.browser.toLowerCase();
+
+module.exports = function(settings) {
+  if (browser === "chrome") {
+    settings.browsers = ["ChromeHeadless"];
+    settings.frameworks = ["mocha"];
+    settings.crossOriginAttribute = false;
+    console.log("Using Chrome Headless to run Karma test");
+
+  } else if (browser === "phantomjs") {
+    settings.browsers = ["PhantomJS"];
+    settings.frameworks = ["mocha", "phantomjs-shim"];
+    console.warn(
+      "Using PhantomJS to run Karma test. It's been deprecated and may be removed in the future."
+    );
+  } else {
+    console.error(`Unknown browser ${browser} set for Karma test. Failed.`);
+    return process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  return settings;
+};
diff --git a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.dev.js b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.dev.js
index 8df909f58..b4b5c8fcc 100644
--- a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.dev.js
+++ b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.dev.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
+const browserSettings = require("./browser-settings");
+
 /*
  * Karma Configuration: "dev" version.
  *
@@ -9,10 +11,8 @@
  * server during the test run.
  */
 module.exports = function (config) {
-  config.set({
-    frameworks: ["mocha", "phantomjs-shim"],
+  const base = {
     reporters: ["spec"],
-    browsers: ["PhantomJS"],
     basePath: process.cwd(), // repository root.
     files: [
       // Test bundle (must be created via `npm run dev|hot|server-test`)
@@ -26,5 +26,9 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
         ui: "bdd"
       }
     }
-  });
+  };
+
+  browserSettings(base);
+
+  config.set(base);
 };
diff --git a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.js b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.js
index 718d83117..9f942292a 100644
--- a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.js
+++ b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/karma.conf.js
@@ -4,19 +4,20 @@ var path = require("path");
 
 var webpackCfg = require("../webpack/webpack.config.test");
 
-var MAIN_PATH = require.resolve("electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/entry.js"); // eslint-disable-line max-len
+var MAIN_PATH = require.resolve(
+  "electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/config/karma/entry.js"
+);
+
+const browserSettings = require("./browser-settings");
 
 var PREPROCESSORS = {};
 
 PREPROCESSORS[MAIN_PATH] = ["webpack"];
 
-module.exports = function (config) {
-  config.set({
+module.exports = function(config) {
+  const base = {
     basePath: process.cwd(),
-    frameworks: ["mocha", "phantomjs-shim", "intl-shim"],
-    files: [
-      MAIN_PATH
-    ],
+    files: [MAIN_PATH],
     preprocessors: PREPROCESSORS,
     webpack: webpackCfg,
     webpackServer: {
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
     logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
     colors: true,
     autoWatch: false,
-    browsers: ["PhantomJS"],
     reporters: ["spec", "coverage"],
     browserNoActivityTimeout: 60000,
     coverageReporter: {
@@ -51,5 +51,9 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
     },
     captureTimeout: 100000,
     singleRun: true
-  });
+  };
+
+  browserSettings(base);
+
+  config.set(base);
 };
diff --git a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/package.json b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/package.json
index ac6ff155d..098f7dfff 100644
--- a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/package.json
+++ b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component-dev/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "json-loader": "^0.5.3",
     "jsonfile": "^2.2.2",
     "karma": "^1.5.0",
-    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.2.0",
+    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.1.1",
     "karma-coverage": "^1.1.1",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "^1",
     "karma-ie-launcher": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component/config/archetype.js b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component/config/archetype.js
index 54b0e64f1..005dadc5a 100644
--- a/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component/config/archetype.js
+++ b/packages/electrode-archetype-react-component/config/archetype.js
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ module.exports = {
     devPort: 2992,
     testPort: 3001,
     modulesDirectories: ["node_modules"]
+  },
+  karma: {
+    browser: process.env.KARMA_BROWSER === undefined ? "chrome" : process.env.KARMA_BROWSER
   }
 };