diff --git a/ext/curl/tests/curl_setopt_ssl.phpt b/ext/curl/tests/curl_setopt_ssl.phpt
index f3b82e1756e3..f2aae42687ca 100644
--- a/ext/curl/tests/curl_setopt_ssl.phpt
+++ b/ext/curl/tests/curl_setopt_ssl.phpt
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ if ($process === false) {
 }
 try {
     // Give the server time to start
-    sleep(1);
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) {
+        if (@fsockopen('127.0.0.1', $port)) break;
+        usleep(20000);
+    }
 
     echo "case 1: client cert and key from string\n";
     $ch = curl_init("https://127.0.0.1:$port/");
diff --git a/ext/curl/tests/server.inc b/ext/curl/tests/server.inc
index a7b177593db7..2623eb7e8d42 100644
--- a/ext/curl/tests/server.inc
+++ b/ext/curl/tests/server.inc
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ function curl_cli_server_start() {
     // First, wait for the dev server to declare itself ready.
     $bound = null;
     stream_set_blocking($pipes[2], false);
-    for ($i = 0; $i < 60; $i++) {
-        usleep(50000); // 50ms per try
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 150; $i++) {
+        usleep(20000); // 20ms per try
         $status = proc_get_status($handle);
         if (empty($status['running'])) {
             echo "Server is not running\n";
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ function curl_cli_server_start() {
     // note: even when server prints 'Listening on localhost:8964...Press Ctrl-C to quit.'
     //       it might not be listening yet...need to wait until fsockopen() call returns
     $error = "Unable to connect to server\n";
-    for ($i=0; $i < 60; $i++) {
-        usleep(50000); // 50ms per try
+    for ($i=0; $i < 150; $i++) {
         $status = proc_get_status($handle);
         $fp = @fsockopen("tcp://$bound");
         // Failure, the server is no longer running
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ function curl_cli_server_start() {
             $error = '';
             break;
         }
+        usleep(20000); // 20ms per try
     }
 
     if ($fp) {
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ function curl_cli_server_start() {
         function($handle) {
             proc_terminate($handle);
             /* Wait for server to shutdown */
-            for ($i = 0; $i < 60; $i++) {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < 150; $i++) {
                 $status = proc_get_status($handle);
                 if (!($status && $status['running'])) {
                     break;
                 }
-                usleep(50000);
+                usleep(20000);
             }
         },
         $handle