diff --git a/Lib/test/fork_wait.py b/Lib/test/fork_wait.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5600bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/fork_wait.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+"""This test case provides support for checking forking and wait behavior.
+
+To test different wait behavior, overrise the wait_impl method.
+
+We want fork1() semantics -- only the forking thread survives in the
+child after a fork().
+
+On some systems (e.g. Solaris without posix threads) we find that all
+active threads survive in the child after a fork(); this is an error.
+
+While BeOS doesn't officially support fork and native threading in
+the same application, the present example should work just fine.  DC
+"""
+
+import os, sys, time, thread, unittest
+from test.test_support import TestSkipped
+
+LONGSLEEP = 2
+SHORTSLEEP = 0.5
+NUM_THREADS = 4
+
+class ForkWait(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.alive = {}
+        self.stop = 0
+
+    def f(self, id):
+        while not self.stop:
+            self.alive[id] = os.getpid()
+            try:
+                time.sleep(SHORTSLEEP)
+            except IOError:
+                pass
+
+    def wait_impl(self, cpid):
+        spid, status = os.waitpid(cpid, 0)
+        self.assertEquals(spid, cpid)
+        self.assertEquals(status, 0, "cause = %d, exit = %d" % (status&0xff, status>>8))
+
+    def test_wait(self):
+        for i in range(NUM_THREADS):
+            thread.start_new(self.f, (i,))
+
+        time.sleep(LONGSLEEP)
+
+        a = self.alive.keys()
+        a.sort()
+        self.assertEquals(a, range(NUM_THREADS))
+
+        prefork_lives = self.alive.copy()
+
+        if sys.platform in ['unixware7']:
+            cpid = os.fork1()
+        else:
+            cpid = os.fork()
+
+        if cpid == 0:
+            # Child
+            time.sleep(LONGSLEEP)
+            n = 0
+            for key in self.alive:
+                if self.alive[key] != prefork_lives[key]:
+                    n += 1
+            os._exit(n)
+        else:
+            # Parent
+            self.wait_impl(cpid)
+            # Tell threads to die
+            self.stop = 1
+            time.sleep(2*SHORTSLEEP) # Wait for threads to die
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fork1.py b/Lib/test/test_fork1.py
index aca7a84..cba5fc7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fork1.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fork1.py
@@ -1,75 +1,23 @@
 """This test checks for correct fork() behavior.
-
-We want fork1() semantics -- only the forking thread survives in the
-child after a fork().
-
-On some systems (e.g. Solaris without posix threads) we find that all
-active threads survive in the child after a fork(); this is an error.
-
-While BeOS doesn't officially support fork and native threading in
-the same application, the present example should work just fine.  DC
 """
 
-import os, sys, time, thread
-from test.test_support import verify, verbose, TestSkipped
+import os
+from test.fork_wait import ForkWait
+from test.test_support import TestSkipped, run_unittest
 
 try:
     os.fork
 except AttributeError:
     raise TestSkipped, "os.fork not defined -- skipping test_fork1"
 
-LONGSLEEP = 2
-
-SHORTSLEEP = 0.5
-
-NUM_THREADS = 4
-
-alive = {}
-
-stop = 0
-
-def f(id):
-    while not stop:
-        alive[id] = os.getpid()
-        try:
-            time.sleep(SHORTSLEEP)
-        except IOError:
-            pass
-
-def main():
-    for i in range(NUM_THREADS):
-        thread.start_new(f, (i,))
-
-    time.sleep(LONGSLEEP)
-
-    a = alive.keys()
-    a.sort()
-    verify(a == range(NUM_THREADS))
-
-    prefork_lives = alive.copy()
-
-    if sys.platform in ['unixware7']:
-        cpid = os.fork1()
-    else:
-        cpid = os.fork()
-
-    if cpid == 0:
-        # Child
-        time.sleep(LONGSLEEP)
-        n = 0
-        for key in alive.keys():
-            if alive[key] != prefork_lives[key]:
-                n = n+1
-        os._exit(n)
-    else:
-        # Parent
+class ForkTest(ForkWait):
+    def wait_impl(self, cpid):
         spid, status = os.waitpid(cpid, 0)
-        verify(spid == cpid)
-        verify(status == 0,
-                "cause = %d, exit = %d" % (status&0xff, status>>8) )
-        global stop
-        # Tell threads to die
-        stop = 1
-        time.sleep(2*SHORTSLEEP) # Wait for threads to die
+        self.assertEqual(spid, cpid)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "cause = %d, exit = %d" % (status&0xff, status>>8))
 
-main()
+def test_main():
+    run_unittest(ForkTest)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_wait3.py b/Lib/test/test_wait3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1cbd7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_wait3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""This test checks for correct wait3() behavior.
+"""
+
+import os
+from test.fork_wait import ForkWait
+from test.test_support import TestSkipped, run_unittest
+
+try:
+    os.fork
+except AttributeError:
+    raise TestSkipped, "os.fork not defined -- skipping test_wait3"
+
+try:
+    os.wait3
+except AttributeError:
+    raise TestSkipped, "os.wait3 not defined -- skipping test_wait3"
+
+class Wait3Test(ForkWait):
+    def wait_impl(self, cpid):
+        while 1:
+           spid, status, rusage = os.wait3(0)
+           if spid == cpid:
+               break
+        self.assertEqual(spid, cpid)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "cause = %d, exit = %d" % (status&0xff, status>>8))
+        self.assertTrue(rusage)
+
+def test_main():
+    run_unittest(Wait3Test)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_wait4.py b/Lib/test/test_wait4.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..027e5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_wait4.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""This test checks for correct wait4() behavior.
+"""
+
+import os
+from test.fork_wait import ForkWait
+from test.test_support import TestSkipped, run_unittest
+
+try:
+    os.fork
+except AttributeError:
+    raise TestSkipped, "os.fork not defined -- skipping test_wait4"
+
+try:
+    os.wait4
+except AttributeError:
+    raise TestSkipped, "os.wait4 not defined -- skipping test_wait4"
+
+class Wait4Test(ForkWait):
+    def wait_impl(self, cpid):
+        spid, status, rusage = os.wait4(cpid, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(spid, cpid)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "cause = %d, exit = %d" % (status&0xff, status>>8))
+        self.assertTrue(rusage)
+
+def test_main():
+    run_unittest(Wait4Test)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()