diff --git a/test/run-interactive b/test/run-interactive
index 5c6f489a451abf86f7798a53929b46e929fa1f75..788ca3b2477eff26cb941159b2d257a4a70b6cfd 100755
--- a/test/run-interactive
+++ b/test/run-interactive
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Xephyr -screen 500x500 :7 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 pid=${!}
 
+sleep 2
+
 DISPLAY=:7 prove -j1 test/feh-scr-i.t test/feh-i.t
 ret=${?}