diff --git a/Net/testsuite/src/SocketTest.cpp b/Net/testsuite/src/SocketTest.cpp
index b8632f50b..27c180062 100644
--- a/Net/testsuite/src/SocketTest.cpp
+++ b/Net/testsuite/src/SocketTest.cpp
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ void SocketTest::testSendFile()
 	istr.close();
 	ss.close();
 
+	Poco::Thread::sleep(200);
 	while (srv.currentConnections() > 0) 
 	{
 		Poco::Thread::sleep(100);
@@ -789,6 +790,7 @@ void SocketTest::testSendFileLarge()
 	istr.close();
 	ss.close();
 
+	Poco::Thread::sleep(200);
 	while (srv.currentConnections() > 0) 
 	{
 		Poco::Thread::sleep(100);
@@ -830,6 +832,7 @@ void SocketTest::testSendFileRange()
 	istr.close();
 	ss.close();
 
+	Poco::Thread::sleep(200);
 	while (srv.currentConnections() > 0) 
 	{
 		Poco::Thread::sleep(100);
diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/SecureStreamSocketTest.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/SecureStreamSocketTest.cpp
index 0988bca39..e0cc1a049 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/SecureStreamSocketTest.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/SecureStreamSocketTest.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ void SecureStreamSocketTest::testSendFile()
 	istr.close();
 	ss.close();
 
+	Poco::Thread::sleep(200);
 	while (srv.currentConnections() > 0) 
 	{
 		Poco::Thread::sleep(100);
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ void SecureStreamSocketTest::testSendFileLarge()
 	istr.close();
 	ss.close();
 
+	Poco::Thread::sleep(200);
 	while (srv.currentConnections() > 0) 
 	{
 		Poco::Thread::sleep(100);
@@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ void SecureStreamSocketTest::testSendFileRange()
 	istr.close();
 	ss.close();
 
+	Poco::Thread::sleep(200);
 	while (srv.currentConnections() > 0) 
 	{
 		Poco::Thread::sleep(100);