diff --git a/tests/gtest_ex.h b/tests/gtest_ex.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe1d894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gtest_ex.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+template<typename F>
+void test_isolated(F test) {
+  int pid = fork();
+  ASSERT_NE(-1, pid) << strerror(errno);
+
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    test();
+    _exit(testing::Test::HasFailure() ? 1 : 0);
+  }
+
+  int status;
+  ASSERT_EQ(pid, waitpid(pid, &status, 0));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status)) << "Forked test has failed, see above..";
+}
diff --git a/tests/pthread_test.cpp b/tests/pthread_test.cpp
index b5e12a5..797468e 100644
--- a/tests/pthread_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/pthread_test.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "private/ScopeGuard.h"
 #include "BionicDeathTest.h"
 #include "ScopedSignalHandler.h"
+#include "gtest_ex.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
@@ -721,22 +722,24 @@
 static void AtForkChild1() { g_atfork_child_calls = (g_atfork_child_calls << 4) | 1; }
 static void AtForkChild2() { g_atfork_child_calls = (g_atfork_child_calls << 4) | 2; }
 
-TEST(pthread, pthread_atfork) {
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_atfork(AtForkPrepare1, AtForkParent1, AtForkChild1));
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_atfork(AtForkPrepare2, AtForkParent2, AtForkChild2));
+TEST(pthread, pthread_atfork_smoke) {
+  test_isolated([] {
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_atfork(AtForkPrepare1, AtForkParent1, AtForkChild1));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_atfork(AtForkPrepare2, AtForkParent2, AtForkChild2));
 
-  int pid = fork();
-  ASSERT_NE(-1, pid) << strerror(errno);
+    int pid = fork();
+    ASSERT_NE(-1, pid) << strerror(errno);
 
-  // Child and parent calls are made in the order they were registered.
-  if (pid == 0) {
-    ASSERT_EQ(0x12, g_atfork_child_calls);
-    _exit(0);
-  }
-  ASSERT_EQ(0x12, g_atfork_parent_calls);
+    // Child and parent calls are made in the order they were registered.
+    if (pid == 0) {
+      ASSERT_EQ(0x12, g_atfork_child_calls);
+      _exit(0);
+    }
+    ASSERT_EQ(0x12, g_atfork_parent_calls);
 
-  // Prepare calls are made in the reverse order.
-  ASSERT_EQ(0x21, g_atfork_prepare_calls);
+    // Prepare calls are made in the reverse order.
+    ASSERT_EQ(0x21, g_atfork_prepare_calls);
+  });
 }
 
 TEST(pthread, pthread_attr_getscope) {