diff --git a/libunwindstack/tests/MemoryRemoteTest.cpp b/libunwindstack/tests/MemoryRemoteTest.cpp
index f8965b2..a66d0c5 100644
--- a/libunwindstack/tests/MemoryRemoteTest.cpp
+++ b/libunwindstack/tests/MemoryRemoteTest.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <vector>
@@ -34,32 +33,18 @@
 #include <unwindstack/Memory.h>
 
 #include "MemoryFake.h"
+#include "TestUtils.h"
 
 namespace unwindstack {
 
 class MemoryRemoteTest : public ::testing::Test {
  protected:
-  static uint64_t NanoTime() {
-    struct timespec t = { 0, 0 };
-    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t);
-    return static_cast<uint64_t>(t.tv_sec * NS_PER_SEC + t.tv_nsec);
-  }
-
   static bool Attach(pid_t pid) {
     if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, pid, 0, 0) == -1) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    uint64_t start = NanoTime();
-    siginfo_t si;
-    while (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, pid, 0, &si)) < 0 && errno == ESRCH) {
-      if ((NanoTime() - start) > 10 * NS_PER_SEC) {
-        printf("%d: Failed to stop after 10 seconds.\n", pid);
-        return false;
-      }
-      usleep(30);
-    }
-    return true;
+    return TestQuiescePid(pid);
   }
 
   static bool Detach(pid_t pid) {
@@ -79,6 +64,7 @@
     exit(1);
   }
   ASSERT_LT(0, pid);
+  TestScopedPidReaper reap(pid);
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(Attach(pid));
 
@@ -91,9 +77,6 @@
   }
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(Detach(pid));
-
-  kill(pid, SIGKILL);
-  ASSERT_EQ(pid, wait(nullptr));
 }
 
 TEST_F(MemoryRemoteTest, read_fail) {
@@ -111,6 +94,7 @@
     exit(1);
   }
   ASSERT_LT(0, pid);
+  TestScopedPidReaper reap(pid);
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(Attach(pid));
 
@@ -132,9 +116,6 @@
   ASSERT_EQ(0, munmap(src, pagesize));
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(Detach(pid));
-
-  kill(pid, SIGKILL);
-  ASSERT_EQ(pid, wait(nullptr));
 }
 
 TEST_F(MemoryRemoteTest, read_overflow) {
@@ -152,6 +133,7 @@
     exit(1);
   }
   ASSERT_LT(0, pid);
+  TestScopedPidReaper reap(pid);
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(Attach(pid));
 
@@ -162,9 +144,6 @@
   ASSERT_FALSE(remote.Read(0, dst.data(), 100));
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(Detach(pid));
-
-  kill(pid, SIGKILL);
-  ASSERT_EQ(pid, wait(nullptr));
 }
 
 }  // namespace unwindstack
diff --git a/libunwindstack/tests/TestUtils.h b/libunwindstack/tests/TestUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c31aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libunwindstack/tests/TestUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LIBUNWINDSTACK_TESTS_TEST_UTILS_H
+#define _LIBUNWINDSTACK_TESTS_TEST_UTILS_H
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+namespace unwindstack {
+
+class TestScopedPidReaper {
+ public:
+  TestScopedPidReaper(pid_t pid) : pid_(pid) {}
+  ~TestScopedPidReaper() {
+    kill(pid_, SIGKILL);
+    waitpid(pid_, nullptr, 0);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  pid_t pid_;
+};
+
+inline bool TestQuiescePid(pid_t pid) {
+  siginfo_t si;
+  bool ready = false;
+  // Wait for up to 5 seconds.
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
+    if (ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, pid, 0, &si) == 0) {
+      ready = true;
+      break;
+    }
+    usleep(1000);
+  }
+  return ready;
+}
+
+}  // namespace unwindstack
+
+#endif  // _LIBUNWINDSTACK_TESTS_TEST_UTILS_H
diff --git a/libunwindstack/tests/UnwindTest.cpp b/libunwindstack/tests/UnwindTest.cpp
index a0c45bd..a4f920a 100644
--- a/libunwindstack/tests/UnwindTest.cpp
+++ b/libunwindstack/tests/UnwindTest.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -39,14 +38,24 @@
 #include <unwindstack/Regs.h>
 #include <unwindstack/RegsGetLocal.h>
 
+#include "TestUtils.h"
+
 namespace unwindstack {
 
-static std::atomic_bool g_ready(false);
-static volatile bool g_ready_for_remote = false;
-static volatile bool g_signal_ready_for_remote = false;
-static std::atomic_bool g_finish(false);
+static std::atomic_bool g_ready;
+static volatile bool g_ready_for_remote;
+static volatile bool g_signal_ready_for_remote;
+static std::atomic_bool g_finish;
 static std::atomic_uintptr_t g_ucontext;
 
+static void ResetGlobals() {
+  g_ready = false;
+  g_ready_for_remote = false;
+  g_signal_ready_for_remote = false;
+  g_finish = false;
+  g_ucontext = 0;
+}
+
 static std::vector<const char*> kFunctionOrder{"InnerFunction", "MiddleFunction", "OuterFunction"};
 
 static std::vector<const char*> kFunctionSignalOrder{"SignalInnerFunction", "SignalMiddleFunction",
@@ -156,48 +165,52 @@
   MiddleFunction(local);
 }
 
-TEST(UnwindTest, local) {
+class UnwindTest : public ::testing::Test {
+ public:
+  void SetUp() override { ResetGlobals(); }
+};
+
+TEST_F(UnwindTest, local) {
   OuterFunction(true);
 }
 
 void WaitForRemote(pid_t pid, uint64_t addr, bool leave_attached, bool* completed) {
   *completed = false;
   // Need to sleep before attempting first ptrace. Without this, on the
-  // host it becomes impossible to attach and ptrace set errno to EPERM.
+  // host it becomes impossible to attach and ptrace sets errno to EPERM.
   usleep(1000);
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, pid, 0, 0));
-    for (size_t j = 0; j < 100; j++) {
-      siginfo_t si;
-      if (ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, pid, 0, &si) == 0) {
-        MemoryRemote memory(pid);
-        // Read the remote value to see if we are ready.
-        bool value;
-        if (memory.Read(addr, &value, sizeof(value)) && value) {
-          *completed = true;
-          break;
-        }
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+    if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, pid, 0, 0) == 0) {
+      ASSERT_TRUE(TestQuiescePid(pid))
+          << "Waiting for process to quiesce failed: " << strerror(errno);
+
+      MemoryRemote memory(pid);
+      // Read the remote value to see if we are ready.
+      bool value;
+      if (memory.Read(addr, &value, sizeof(value)) && value) {
+        *completed = true;
       }
-      usleep(1000);
+      if (!*completed || !leave_attached) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, 0));
+      }
+      if (*completed) {
+        break;
+      }
+    } else {
+      ASSERT_EQ(ESRCH, errno) << "ptrace attach failed with unexpected error: " << strerror(errno);
     }
-    if (leave_attached && *completed) {
-      break;
-    }
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, 0));
-    if (*completed) {
-      break;
-    }
-    usleep(1000);
+    usleep(5000);
   }
 }
 
-TEST(UnwindTest, remote) {
+TEST_F(UnwindTest, remote) {
   pid_t pid;
   if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
     OuterFunction(false);
     exit(0);
   }
   ASSERT_NE(-1, pid);
+  TestScopedPidReaper reap(pid);
 
   bool completed;
   WaitForRemote(pid, reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(&g_ready_for_remote), true, &completed);
@@ -210,13 +223,11 @@
 
   VerifyUnwind(pid, &maps, regs.get(), kFunctionOrder);
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, 0));
-
-  kill(pid, SIGKILL);
-  ASSERT_EQ(pid, wait(nullptr));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, 0))
+      << "ptrace detach failed with unexpected error: " << strerror(errno);
 }
 
-TEST(UnwindTest, from_context) {
+TEST_F(UnwindTest, from_context) {
   std::atomic_int tid(0);
   std::thread thread([&]() {
     tid = syscall(__NR_gettid);
@@ -263,10 +274,6 @@
 }
 
 static void RemoteThroughSignal(unsigned int sa_flags) {
-  g_ready = false;
-  g_signal_ready_for_remote = false;
-  g_finish = false;
-
   pid_t pid;
   if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
     struct sigaction act, oldact;
@@ -279,6 +286,7 @@
     exit(0);
   }
   ASSERT_NE(-1, pid);
+  TestScopedPidReaper reap(pid);
 
   bool completed;
   WaitForRemote(pid, reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(&g_ready_for_remote), false, &completed);
@@ -294,17 +302,15 @@
 
   VerifyUnwind(pid, &maps, regs.get(), kFunctionSignalOrder);
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, 0));
-
-  kill(pid, SIGKILL);
-  ASSERT_EQ(pid, wait(nullptr));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, 0))
+      << "ptrace detach failed with unexpected error: " << strerror(errno);
 }
 
-TEST(UnwindTest, remote_through_signal) {
+TEST_F(UnwindTest, remote_through_signal) {
   RemoteThroughSignal(0);
 }
 
-TEST(UnwindTest, remote_through_signal_sa_siginfo) {
+TEST_F(UnwindTest, remote_through_signal_sa_siginfo) {
   RemoteThroughSignal(SA_SIGINFO);
 }