diff --git a/packages/dns-test/src/implementation.rs b/packages/dns-test/src/implementation.rs
index b22e0ae1..9a3dadac 100644
--- a/packages/dns-test/src/implementation.rs
+++ b/packages/dns-test/src/implementation.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,12 @@ impl Implementation {
         match self {
             Implementation::Bind => &["named", "-g", "-d5"],
 
-            Implementation::Hickory(_) => &["hickory-dns", "-d"],
+            Implementation::Hickory(_) => &[
+                "sh",
+                "-c",
+                "echo $$ > /tmp/hickory.pid
+exec hickory-dns -d",
+            ],
 
             Implementation::Unbound => match role {
                 Role::NameServer => &["nsd", "-d"],
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@ impl Implementation {
         match self {
             Implementation::Bind => "/tmp/named.pid",
 
-            Implementation::Hickory(_) => unimplemented!(),
+            Implementation::Hickory(_) => "/tmp/hickory.pid",
 
             Implementation::Unbound => match role {
                 Role::NameServer => "/tmp/nsd.pid",
diff --git a/packages/dns-test/src/name_server.rs b/packages/dns-test/src/name_server.rs
index 37b1f160..32488f40 100644
--- a/packages/dns-test/src/name_server.rs
+++ b/packages/dns-test/src/name_server.rs
@@ -371,7 +371,10 @@ kill -TERM $(cat {pidfile})"
         self.container.status_ok(&["sh", "-c", &kill])?;
         let output = self.state.child.wait()?;
 
-        if !output.status.success() {
+        // the hickory-dns binary does not do signal handling so it won't shut down gracefully; we
+        // will still get some logs so we'll ignore the fact that it fails to shut down ...
+        let is_hickory = matches!(self.implementation, Implementation::Hickory(_));
+        if !is_hickory && !output.status.success() {
             return Err(
                 format!("could not terminate the `{}` process", self.implementation).into(),
             );
@@ -431,8 +434,12 @@ fn admin_ns(ns_count: usize) -> FQDN {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::thread;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
     use crate::client::{Client, DigSettings};
     use crate::record::RecordType;
+    use crate::Repository;
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -532,4 +539,32 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn terminate_hickory_works() -> Result<()> {
+        let network = Network::new()?;
+        let ns = NameServer::new(
+            &Implementation::Hickory(Repository("https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns")),
+            FQDN::ROOT,
+            &network,
+        )?
+        .start()?;
+
+        // hickory-dns does not do signal handling so we need to wait until it prints something to
+        // the console
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+
+        let logs = ns.terminate()?;
+
+        eprintln!("{logs}");
+        let mut found = false;
+        for line in logs.lines() {
+            if line.contains("Hickory DNS") && line.contains("starting") {
+                found = true;
+            }
+        }
+        assert!(found);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/dns-test/src/resolver.rs b/packages/dns-test/src/resolver.rs
index 4a5ddf43..57644291 100644
--- a/packages/dns-test/src/resolver.rs
+++ b/packages/dns-test/src/resolver.rs
@@ -48,8 +48,13 @@ kill -TERM $(cat {pidfile})"
         self.container.status_ok(&["sh", "-c", &kill])?;
         let output = self.child.wait()?;
 
-        if !output.status.success() {
-            return Err("could not terminate the `unbound` process".into());
+        // the hickory-dns binary does not do signal handling so it won't shut down gracefully; we
+        // will still get some logs so we'll ignore the fact that it fails to shut down ...
+        let is_hickory = matches!(self.implementation, Implementation::Hickory(_));
+        if !is_hickory && !output.status.success() {
+            return Err(
+                format!("could not terminate the `{}` process", self.implementation).into(),
+            );
         }
 
         assert!(
@@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ impl ResolverSettings {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::{name_server::NameServer, FQDN};
+    use crate::{name_server::NameServer, Repository, FQDN};
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -179,4 +184,26 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn terminate_hickory_works() -> Result<()> {
+        let network = Network::new()?;
+        let ns = NameServer::new(&Implementation::Unbound, FQDN::ROOT, &network)?.start()?;
+        let resolver = Resolver::new(&network, Root::new(ns.fqdn().clone(), ns.ipv4_addr()))
+            .start(&Implementation::Hickory(Repository(
+                "https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns",
+            )))?;
+        let logs = resolver.terminate()?;
+
+        eprintln!("{logs}");
+        let mut found = false;
+        for line in logs.lines() {
+            if line.contains("Hickory DNS") && line.contains("starting") {
+                found = true;
+            }
+        }
+        assert!(found);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }