diff --git a/acceptance/tests/ticket_7117_broke_env_criteria_authconf.rb b/acceptance/tests/ticket_7117_broke_env_criteria_authconf.rb
index 76a6bf818..3f762bcca 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/ticket_7117_broke_env_criteria_authconf.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/ticket_7117_broke_env_criteria_authconf.rb
@@ -1,33 +1,36 @@
 test_name "#7117 Broke the environment criteria in auth.conf"
 
 # add to auth.conf
 add_2_authconf = %q{
 path /
 environment override
 auth any
 allow *
 }
 
 step "Save original auth.conf file and create a temp auth.conf"
 on master, "cp #{config['puppetpath']}/auth.conf /tmp/auth.conf-7117; echo '#{add_2_authconf}' > #{config['puppetpath']}/auth.conf"
 
 # Kill running Puppet Master -- should not be running at this point
 step "Master: kill running Puppet Master"
 on master, "ps -U puppet | awk '/puppet/ { print \$1 }' | xargs kill || echo \"Puppet Master not running\""
 step "Master: Start Puppet Master"
 on master, puppet_master("--certdnsnames=\"puppet:$(hostname -s):$(hostname -f)\" --verbose --noop")
+# allow Master to start and initialize environment
+sleep 1
+
 
 
 # Run test on Agents
 step "Agent: agent --test"
 on agents, puppet_agent("--test")
 
 step "Fetch agent facts from Puppet Master"
 agents.each do |host|
   on(host, "curl -k -H \"Accept: yaml\" https://#{master}:8140/override/facts/\`hostname -f\`") do
     assert_match(/--- !ruby\/object:Puppet::Node::Facts/, stdout, "Agent Facts not returned for #{host}") 
   end
 end
 
 step "Restore original auth.conf file"
 on master, "cp -f /tmp/auth.conf-7117 #{config['puppetpath']}/auth.conf"