diff --git a/electrum/tests/test_lntransport.py b/electrum/tests/test_lntransport.py
index 2dc1b4950..8b7d567ba 100644
--- a/electrum/tests/test_lntransport.py
+++ b/electrum/tests/test_lntransport.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from electrum.ecc import ECPrivkey
 from electrum.lnutil import LNPeerAddr
 from electrum.lntransport import LNResponderTransport, LNTransport
 
+from aiorpcx import TaskGroup
+
 from . import ElectrumTestCase
 from .test_bitcoin import needs_test_with_all_chacha20_implementations
 
@@ -46,27 +48,53 @@ class TestLNTransport(ElectrumTestCase):
         server_shaked = asyncio.Event()
         responder_key = ECPrivkey.generate_random_key()
         initiator_key = ECPrivkey.generate_random_key()
+        messages_sent_by_client = [
+            b'hello from client',
+            b'long data from client ' + bytes(range(256)) * 100 + b'... client done',
+            b'client is running out of things to say',
+        ]
+        messages_sent_by_server = [
+            b'hello from server',
+            b'hello2 from server',
+            b'long data from server ' + bytes(range(256)) * 100 + b'... server done',
+        ]
+        async def read_messages(transport, expected_messages):
+            ctr = 0
+            async for msg in transport.read_messages():
+                self.assertEqual(expected_messages[ctr], msg)
+                ctr += 1
+                if ctr == len(expected_messages):
+                    return
+        async def write_messages(transport, expected_messages):
+            for msg in expected_messages:
+                transport.send_bytes(msg)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+
         async def cb(reader, writer):
             t = LNResponderTransport(responder_key.get_secret_bytes(), reader, writer)
             self.assertEqual(await t.handshake(), initiator_key.get_public_key_bytes())
-            t.send_bytes(b'hello from server')
-            self.assertEqual(await t.read_messages().__anext__(), b'hello from client')
+            async with TaskGroup() as group:
+                await group.spawn(read_messages(t, messages_sent_by_client))
+                await group.spawn(write_messages(t, messages_sent_by_server))
             responder_shaked.set()
-        server_future = asyncio.ensure_future(asyncio.start_server(cb, '127.0.0.1', 42898))
-        loop.run_until_complete(server_future)
-        server = server_future.result()  # type: asyncio.Server
         async def connect():
             peer_addr = LNPeerAddr('127.0.0.1', 42898, responder_key.get_public_key_bytes())
             t = LNTransport(initiator_key.get_secret_bytes(), peer_addr, proxy=None)
             await t.handshake()
-            t.send_bytes(b'hello from client')
-            self.assertEqual(await t.read_messages().__anext__(), b'hello from server')
+            async with TaskGroup() as group:
+                await group.spawn(read_messages(t, messages_sent_by_server))
+                await group.spawn(write_messages(t, messages_sent_by_client))
             server_shaked.set()
 
-        try:
-            connect_future = asyncio.ensure_future(connect())
-            loop.run_until_complete(responder_shaked.wait())
-            loop.run_until_complete(server_shaked.wait())
-        finally:
-            server.close()
-            loop.run_until_complete(server.wait_closed())
+        async def f():
+            server = await asyncio.start_server(cb, '127.0.0.1', 42898)
+            try:
+                async with TaskGroup() as group:
+                    await group.spawn(connect())
+                    await group.spawn(responder_shaked.wait())
+                    await group.spawn(server_shaked.wait())
+            finally:
+                server.close()
+                await server.wait_closed()
+
+        loop.run_until_complete(f())