diff --git a/lib/d/test/client_pool_test.d b/lib/d/test/client_pool_test.d
index 52207d9..b24c97a 100644
--- a/lib/d/test/client_pool_test.d
+++ b/lib/d/test/client_pool_test.d
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 module client_pool_test;
 
+import core.sync.semaphore : Semaphore;
 import core.time : Duration, dur;
 import core.thread : Thread;
 import std.algorithm;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 import std.range;
 import std.stdio;
 import std.typecons;
+import std.variant : Variant;
 import thrift.base;
 import thrift.async.libevent;
 import thrift.async.socket;
@@ -37,9 +39,12 @@
 import thrift.codegen.client;
 import thrift.codegen.client_pool;
 import thrift.codegen.processor;
+import thrift.protocol.base;
 import thrift.protocol.binary;
+import thrift.server.base;
 import thrift.server.simple;
 import thrift.server.transport.socket;
+import thrift.transport.base;
 import thrift.transport.buffered;
 import thrift.transport.socket;
 import thrift.util.cancellation;
@@ -108,11 +113,29 @@
   }
 }
 
+class ServerPreServeHandler : TServerEventHandler {
+  this(Semaphore sem) {
+    sem_ = sem;
+  }
+
+  override void preServe() {
+    sem_.notify();
+  }
+
+  Variant createContext(TProtocol input, TProtocol output) { return Variant.init; }
+  void deleteContext(Variant serverContext, TProtocol input, TProtocol output) {}
+  void preProcess(Variant serverContext, TTransport transport) {}
+
+private:
+  Semaphore sem_;
+}
+
 class ServerThread : Thread {
-  this(ExTestHandler handler, TCancellation cancellation) {
+  this(ExTestHandler handler, ServerPreServeHandler serverHandler, TCancellation cancellation) {
     super(&run);
     handler_ = handler;
     cancellation_ = cancellation;
+    serverHandler_ = serverHandler;
   }
 private:
   void run() {
@@ -123,16 +146,17 @@
       serverTransport.recvTimeout = dur!"seconds"(3);
       auto transportFactory = new TBufferedTransportFactory;
 
-      auto server = new TSimpleServer(
-        processor, serverTransport, transportFactory, protocolFactory);
+      auto server = new TSimpleServer(processor, serverTransport, transportFactory, protocolFactory);
+      server.eventHandler = serverHandler_;
       server.serve(cancellation_);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       writefln("Server thread on port %s failed: %s", handler_.port, e);
     }
   }
 
-  TCancellation cancellation_;
   ExTestHandler handler_;
+  ServerPreServeHandler serverHandler_;
+  TCancellation cancellation_;
 }
 
 void main(string[] args) {
@@ -145,6 +169,9 @@
 
   immutable ports = cast(immutable)array(map!"cast(ushort)a"(iota(port, port + 6)));
 
+  // semaphore that will be incremented whenever each server thread has bound and started listening
+  Semaphore sem = new Semaphore(0);
+
 version (none) {
   // Cannot use this due to multiple DMD @@BUG@@s:
   // 1. »function D main is a nested function and cannot be accessed from array«
@@ -174,11 +201,10 @@
 }
 
   // Fire up the server threads.
-  foreach (h; handlers) (new ServerThread(h, serverCancellation)).start();
+  foreach (h; handlers) (new ServerThread(h, new ServerPreServeHandler(sem), serverCancellation)).start();
 
-  // Give the servers some time to get up. This should really be accomplished
-  // via a barrier here and in the preServe() hook.
-  Thread.sleep(dur!"msecs"(10));
+  // wait until all the handlers signal that they're ready to serve
+  foreach (h; handlers) (sem.wait(dur!`seconds`(1)));
 
   syncClientPoolTest(ports, handlers);
   asyncClientPoolTest(ports, handlers);