diff --git a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift
index fc801d6..fd1ee03 100644
--- a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift
+++ b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift
@@ -46,52 +46,97 @@ struct SubprocessLinuxTests {
     }
 
     @Test func testSuspendResumeProcess() async throws {
-        func isProcessSuspended(_ pid: pid_t) throws -> Bool {
-            let status = try Data(
-                contentsOf: URL(filePath: "/proc/\(pid)/status")
-            )
-            let statusString = try #require(
-                String(data: status, encoding: .utf8)
-            )
-            // Parse the status string
-            let stats = statusString.split(separator: "\n")
-            if let index = stats.firstIndex(
-                where: { $0.hasPrefix("State:") }
-            ) {
-                let processState = stats[index].split(
-                    separator: ":"
-                ).map {
-                    $0.trimmingCharacters(
-                        in: .whitespacesAndNewlines
-                    )
-                }
-
-                return processState[1].hasPrefix("T")
-            }
-            return false
-        }
-
         _ = try await Subprocess.run(
             // This will intentionally hang
             .path("/usr/bin/sleep"),
             arguments: ["infinity"],
             error: .discarded
         ) { subprocess, standardOutput in
-            // First suspend the process
-            try subprocess.send(signal: .suspend)
-            #expect(
-                try isProcessSuspended(subprocess.processIdentifier.value)
-            )
-            // Now resume the process
-            try subprocess.send(signal: .resume)
-            #expect(
-                try isProcessSuspended(subprocess.processIdentifier.value) == false
-            )
-            // Now kill the process
-            try subprocess.send(signal: .terminate)
-            for try await _ in standardOutput {}
+            try await tryFinally {
+                // First suspend the process
+                try subprocess.send(signal: .suspend)
+                try await waitForCondition(timeout: .seconds(30)) {
+                    let state = try subprocess.state()
+                    return state == .stopped
+                }
+                // Now resume the process
+                try subprocess.send(signal: .resume)
+                try await waitForCondition(timeout: .seconds(30)) {
+                    let state = try subprocess.state()
+                    return state == .running
+                }
+            } finally: { error in
+                // Now kill the process
+                try subprocess.send(signal: error != nil ? .kill : .terminate)
+                for try await _ in standardOutput {}
+            }
         }
     }
 }
 
+fileprivate enum ProcessState: String {
+    case running = "R"
+    case sleeping = "S"
+    case uninterruptibleWait = "D"
+    case zombie = "Z"
+    case stopped = "T"
+}
+
+extension Execution {
+    fileprivate func state() throws -> ProcessState {
+        let processStatusFile = "/proc/\(processIdentifier.value)/status"
+        let processStatusData = try Data(
+            contentsOf: URL(filePath: processStatusFile)
+        )
+        let stateMatches = try String(decoding: processStatusData, as: UTF8.self)
+            .split(separator: "\n")
+            .compactMap({ line in
+                return try #/^State:\s+(?<status>[A-Z])\s+.*/#.wholeMatch(in: line)
+            })
+        guard let status = stateMatches.first, stateMatches.count == 1, let processState = ProcessState(rawValue: String(status.output.status)) else {
+            struct ProcStatusParseError: Error, CustomStringConvertible {
+                let filePath: String
+                let contents: Data
+                var description: String {
+                    "Could not parse \(filePath):\n\(String(decoding: contents, as: UTF8.self))"
+                }
+            }
+            throw ProcStatusParseError(filePath: processStatusFile, contents: processStatusData)
+        }
+        return processState
+    }
+}
+
+func waitForCondition(timeout: Duration, _ evaluateCondition: () throws -> Bool) async throws {
+    var currentCondition = try evaluateCondition()
+    let deadline = ContinuousClock.now + timeout
+    while ContinuousClock.now < deadline {
+        if currentCondition {
+            return
+        }
+        try await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(10))
+        currentCondition = try evaluateCondition()
+    }
+    struct TimeoutError: Error, CustomStringConvertible {
+        var description: String {
+            "Timed out waiting for condition to be true"
+        }
+    }
+    throw TimeoutError()
+}
+
+func tryFinally(_ work: () async throws -> (), finally: (Error?) async throws -> ()) async throws {
+    let error: Error?
+    do {
+        try await work()
+        error = nil
+    } catch let e {
+        error = e
+    }
+    try await finally(error)
+    if let error {
+        throw error
+    }
+}
+
 #endif  // canImport(Glibc) || canImport(Bionic) || canImport(Musl)