diff --git a/test/py/RunClientServer.py b/test/py/RunClientServer.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+import time
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import os
+import signal
+
+def relfile(fname):
+    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)
+
+FRAMED = ["TNonblockingServer"]
+
+def runTest(server_class):
+    print "Testing ", server_class
+    serverproc = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, relfile("TestServer.py"), server_class])
+    time.sleep(0.25)
+    try:
+        argv = [sys.executable, relfile("TestClient.py")]
+        if server_class in FRAMED:
+            argv.append('--framed')
+        if server_class == 'THttpServer':
+            argv.append('--http=/')
+        ret = subprocess.call(argv)
+        if ret != 0:
+            raise Exception("subprocess failed")
+    finally:
+        # fixme: should check that server didn't die
+        os.kill(serverproc.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+
+    # wait for shutdown
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+map(runTest, [
+  "TSimpleServer",
+  "TThreadedServer",
+  "TThreadPoolServer",
+  "TForkingServer",
+  "TNonblockingServer",
+  "THttpServer",
+  ])