diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py
index 80fdae240a..17fa660ace 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ class SystemdServiceTests(SystemdTest):
         self.target.run('kill -SEGV %s' % output)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = 'Not able to find process that runs sleep, output : %s' % output)
 
+        # Give some time to systemd-coredump@.service to process the coredump
+        time.sleep(1)
+
         (status, output) = self.target.run('coredumpctl info')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='MiniDebugInfo Test failed: %s' % output)
         self.assertEqual('sleep_for_duration (busybox.nosuid' in output or 'xnanosleep (sleep.coreutils' in output,