diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ff8bbb12..4e20cace 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ NEWS
   * fix :port handling in $HTTP["host"] checks (fixes #2135. thx liming)
   * network_server_init: fix double free and memleak on error (fixes #2440, thx kyprizel)
   * detect "x-gzip"/"x-bzip2" as separate encodings, more strict encoding matching (fixes #2443)
+  * tests: make sure mod_proxy doesn't leave running processes (fixes #2435, thx kibi)
 
 - 1.4.31 - 2012-05-31
   * [ssl] fix segfault in counting renegotiations for openssl versions without TLSEXT/SNI (thx carpii for reporting)
diff --git a/tests/mod-proxy.t b/tests/mod-proxy.t
index 0c7283ea..13690a4d 100755
--- a/tests/mod-proxy.t
+++ b/tests/mod-proxy.t
@@ -82,5 +82,7 @@ exit 0;
 cleanup:
 
 $tf_real->endspawnfcgi($php_child) if $php_child != -1;
+$tf_real->stop_proc;
+$tf_proxy->stop_proc;
 
 die();