diff --git a/test/streaming/setup.sh b/test/streaming/setup.sh
index 7490d60d3f87fc385141594e60014d5c4cb8b403..ee46df6f8a2c56f0b93070e145db6d3e4424a9d9 100755
--- a/test/streaming/setup.sh
+++ b/test/streaming/setup.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ echo $TEST_DIR"/kapacitor.conf"
 cp $TEST_DIR/kapacitor.conf /etc/kapacitor/kapacitor.conf
 systemctl start kapacitor
 
+# wait for kapacitor to restart
+# TODO: do this better
+sleep 5
+
 # Set up Influx data source
 curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8888/chronograf/v1/sources -d @$TEST_DIR/influx.json