diff --git a/test/integration/api/ps.bats b/test/integration/api/ps.bats
index 1bfc61dccb..374771eb70 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/ps.bats
+++ b/test/integration/api/ps.bats
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function teardown() {
 	swarm_manage
 
 	docker_swarm run -d --name c1 busybox echo c1
+	sleep 1 #sleep so the 2 containers don't start at the same second
 	docker_swarm run -d --name c2 busybox echo c2
 
 	run eval "docker_swarm ps --before c1 2>/dev/null"