diff --git a/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go b/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go
index 611e504..13ceb7e 100644
--- a/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go
+++ b/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go
@@ -517,6 +517,10 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 				// Prevents navigator.webdriver from being set to true, which is
 				// the primary signal sites like Gmail use to detect automation.
 				Set("disable-blink-features", "AutomationControlled").
+				// Disables the HID/USB device-detection service. Without udev (common
+				// in containers), Chrome's HidServiceLinux crashes with SIGSEGV when
+				// it tries to enumerate devices via a udev handle it failed to open.
+				Set("disable-features", "UsbDeviceDetection").
 				Env(chromeEnv(
 					"XDG_CONFIG_HOME="+filepath.Join(rootDir, "config"),
 					"XDG_CACHE_HOME="+filepath.Join(rootDir, "cache"),