diff --git a/test/e2e/helpers.js b/test/e2e/helpers.js
index 4875f9d72..a65512383 100644
--- a/test/e2e/helpers.js
+++ b/test/e2e/helpers.js
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ async function prepareExtensionForTesting () {
   // Depending on the state of the application built into the above directory (extPath) and the value of
   // METAMASK_DEBUG we will see different post-install behaviour and possibly some extra windows. Here we
   // are closing any extraneous windows to reset us to a single window before continuing.
+
+  // wait an extra long time so any slow popups can trigger
+  await delay(4 * largeDelayMs)
+
   const [tab1] = await driver.getAllWindowHandles()
   await closeAllWindowHandlesExcept(driver, [tab1])
   await driver.switchTo().window(tab1)