# Adds a delay to wait for daemon to be started before connect. Gentoo bug 934153
# https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/1026
--- a/tests/messaging/test_mqtt.py
+++ b/tests/messaging/test_mqtt.py
@@ -91,7 +91,17 @@ class MQTTDaemonTestCase(TestCase):

         daemon = MQTTDaemon(client)

-        daemon.run()
+        max_attempts = 5
+        attempts = 0
+        while attempts < max_attempts:
+            try:
+                daemon.run()
+                break
+            except AssertionError:
+                attempts += 1
+                time.sleep(1)
+                if attempts == 4:
+                    sys.exit("Timeout waiting MQTTDaemon")

         client.connect.assert_called_with()