diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index c6c26bc..bde4288 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@
                                          + repr(connaddr) + '\n')
                     handler = self.ConnectionHandler(self, newconn, connaddr)
                     handler.start()
+                    handler.join()
                 except socket.timeout:
                     pass
                 except KeyboardInterrupt: