diff --git a/scripts/ocsp-stapling-with-ca-as-responder.test b/scripts/ocsp-stapling-with-ca-as-responder.test
index da9a77913..e2edee07c 100755
--- a/scripts/ocsp-stapling-with-ca-as-responder.test
+++ b/scripts/ocsp-stapling-with-ca-as-responder.test
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ else
     ./examples/client/client -p $RPORTSELECTED
     create_new_cnf $RPORTSELECTED
 fi
-
+sleep 1
 
 # is our desired server there? - login.live.com doesn't answers PING
 #./scripts/ping.test $server 2
diff --git a/scripts/ocsp-stapling.test b/scripts/ocsp-stapling.test
index 87f1d913c..68b9e67bd 100755
--- a/scripts/ocsp-stapling.test
+++ b/scripts/ocsp-stapling.test
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ else
     ./examples/client/client -p $RPORTSELECTED
     create_new_cnf $RPORTSELECTED
 fi
-
+sleep 1
 
 # is our desired server there? - login.live.com doesn't answers PING
 #./scripts/ping.test $server 2
diff --git a/scripts/ocsp-stapling2.test b/scripts/ocsp-stapling2.test
index 58fbff560..dfc14e900 100755
--- a/scripts/ocsp-stapling2.test
+++ b/scripts/ocsp-stapling2.test
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ else
     create_new_cnf $RPORTSELECTED1 $RPORTSELECTED2 $RPORTSELECTED3 \
                    $RPORTSELECTED4
 fi
+sleep 1
 
 # setup ocsp responders
 # OLD: ./certs/ocsp/ocspd-root-ca-and-intermediate-cas.sh &