diff --git a/test/lib/setup.sh b/test/lib/setup.sh
index 58d297d9..3b9fd7a4 100755
--- a/test/lib/setup.sh
+++ b/test/lib/setup.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ assert_nocond()
 	assert "Condition $cond cleared" "$(texec initctl -v cond get "$cond")" = "off"
 }
 
+assert_ready()
+{
+    srv=$1
+    cond="service/$srv/ready"
+
+    assert "$cond asserted" "$(texec initctl cond dump |grep "<$cond>" |awk '{print $3}')" = "on"
+}
+
 assert_is_pidfile()
 {
 	assert "Process has PID file: $2" "$(texec initctl -p status "$1" | awk '/PID file/{print $4}')" = "$2"
diff --git a/test/ready-serv.sh b/test/ready-serv.sh
index aa624249..dbadb626 100755
--- a/test/ready-serv.sh
+++ b/test/ready-serv.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ test_teardown()
 
 test_one()
 {
-    service=$1
+    service=$(echo "$1" | tr -s " ")
     file=/tmp/ready
 
+    sep
     say "Add service stanza '$service' to $FINIT_CONF ..."
     run "echo '$service' > $FINIT_CONF"
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ test_one()
     run "initctl reload"
 
     retry 'assert_num_children 1 serv'
+    retry 'assert_ready "serv"' 5 1
+#    run "initctl status"
+#    run "initctl cond dump"
     assert_file_contains "$file" "READY"
     run "rm -f $file"
 
@@ -46,6 +50,6 @@ test_one()
 
 #run "initctl debug"
 
-test_one "service                ready:/bin/ready.sh serv -np       -- Native style notification"
-test_one "service notify:s6      ready:/bin/ready.sh serv -np -N %n -- s6 style notification"
-test_one "service notify:systemd ready:/bin/ready.sh serv -np       -- systemd style notification"
+test_one "service                ready:/bin/ready.sh serv -np       -- Native PID style notification"
+test_one "service notify:s6      ready:/bin/ready.sh serv -n -N %n  -- s6 style notification"
+test_one "service notify:systemd ready:/bin/ready.sh serv -n        -- systemd style notification"