diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/hashserv/tests.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/hashserv/tests.py
index e2b762d..e851535 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/hashserv/tests.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/hashserv/tests.py
@@ -15,28 +15,32 @@
 import threading
 import unittest
 import socket
+import time
+import signal
 
-def _run_server(server, idx):
-    # logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, filename='bbhashserv.log', filemode='w',
-    #                     format='%(levelname)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)d %(message)s')
+def server_prefunc(server, idx):
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, filename='bbhashserv.log', filemode='w',
+                        format='%(levelname)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)d %(message)s')
+    server.logger.debug("Running server %d" % idx)
     sys.stdout = open('bbhashserv-%d.log' % idx, 'w')
     sys.stderr = sys.stdout
-    server.serve_forever()
-
 
 class HashEquivalenceTestSetup(object):
     METHOD = 'TestMethod'
 
     server_index = 0
 
-    def start_server(self, dbpath=None, upstream=None, read_only=False):
+    def start_server(self, dbpath=None, upstream=None, read_only=False, prefunc=server_prefunc):
         self.server_index += 1
         if dbpath is None:
             dbpath = os.path.join(self.temp_dir.name, "db%d.sqlite" % self.server_index)
 
-        def cleanup_thread(thread):
-            thread.terminate()
-            thread.join()
+        def cleanup_server(server):
+            if server.process.exitcode is not None:
+                return
+
+            server.process.terminate()
+            server.process.join()
 
         server = create_server(self.get_server_addr(self.server_index),
                                dbpath,
@@ -44,9 +48,8 @@
                                read_only=read_only)
         server.dbpath = dbpath
 
-        server.thread = multiprocessing.Process(target=_run_server, args=(server, self.server_index))
-        server.thread.start()
-        self.addCleanup(cleanup_thread, server.thread)
+        server.serve_as_process(prefunc=prefunc, args=(self.server_index,))
+        self.addCleanup(cleanup_server, server)
 
         def cleanup_client(client):
             client.close()
@@ -283,6 +286,33 @@
         self.assertClientGetHash(self.client, taskhash2, None)
 
 
+    def test_slow_server_start(self):
+        """
+        Ensures that the server will exit correctly even if it gets a SIGTERM
+        before entering the main loop
+        """
+
+        event = multiprocessing.Event()
+
+        def prefunc(server, idx):
+            nonlocal event
+            server_prefunc(server, idx)
+            event.wait()
+
+        def do_nothing(signum, frame):
+            pass
+
+        old_signal = signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, do_nothing)
+        self.addCleanup(signal.signal, signal.SIGTERM, old_signal)
+
+        _, server = self.start_server(prefunc=prefunc)
+        server.process.terminate()
+        time.sleep(30)
+        event.set()
+        server.process.join(300)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(server.process.exitcode, "Server did not exit in a timely manner!")
+
+
 class TestHashEquivalenceUnixServer(HashEquivalenceTestSetup, HashEquivalenceCommonTests, unittest.TestCase):
     def get_server_addr(self, server_idx):
         return "unix://" + os.path.join(self.temp_dir.name, 'sock%d' % server_idx)