diff --git a/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.result b/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.result
index 061e7602383..0c910906b92 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.result
+++ b/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.result
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ connection default;
 set debug_sync='now WAIT_FOR go0';
 set debug_sync='found_killee SIGNAL go1 WAIT_FOR go2';
 kill $id;
+select variable_value into @threads_cached from information_schema.global_status where variable_name='threads_cached';
 set debug_sync='now SIGNAL go3';
 drop table t1;
 set debug_sync='reset';
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.test b/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.test
index 32a764004e3..6bade1d8d90 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.test
+++ b/mysql-test/main/kill_debug.test
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ connection default;
 set debug_sync='now WAIT_FOR go0';
 set debug_sync='found_killee SIGNAL go1 WAIT_FOR go2';
 evalp kill $id;
+select variable_value into @threads_cached from information_schema.global_status where variable_name='threads_cached';
 set debug_sync='now SIGNAL go3';
+if (`select @@thread_handling != 'pool-of-threads'`) {
+  # cannot check that a thread was added to thread pool on windows, but the test works there w/o the wait
+  let wait_condition= select variable_value>@threads_cached from information_schema.global_status where variable_name='threads_cached';
+  source include/wait_condition.inc;
+}
 drop table t1;
 set debug_sync='reset';