diff --git a/daemon/test/scripts/shutdown.sh b/daemon/test/scripts/shutdown.sh
index 9d8a210fe..c39fba9a4 100755
--- a/daemon/test/scripts/shutdown.sh
+++ b/daemon/test/scripts/shutdown.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,10 @@
 
 . `dirname $0`/vars.sh
 
+[ ! -f $DATADIR/regtest/bitcoind.pid ] || BITCOIN_PID=`cat $DATADIR/regtest/bitcoind.pid`
+
 $CLI stop
 sleep 1 # Make sure socket is closed.
+
+# Now make sure it's dead.
+if [ -n "$BITCOIN_PID" ]; then kill -9 $BITCOIN_PID 2>/dev/null || true; fi