diff --git a/test/zdtm/live/static/Makefile b/test/zdtm/live/static/Makefile
index a30725bee..418e138b3 100644
--- a/test/zdtm/live/static/Makefile
+++ b/test/zdtm/live/static/Makefile
@@ -266,9 +266,11 @@ stop:	$(STATE_OUT)
 
 WAIT_TIME=240
 wait_stop:
-	for ((i = 0; i < $(WAIT_TIME); i++)); do \
+		i=0; \
+		while [ $$i -lt $(WAIT_TIME) ] ; do \
 		kill -0 `cat *.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || break; \
 		sleep 1; \
+		i=`expr $$i + 1`; \
 	done
 
 $(TST):	$(LIB)
diff --git a/test/zdtm/live/streaming/Makefile b/test/zdtm/live/streaming/Makefile
index 1149dbe25..5e4ee9b4f 100644
--- a/test/zdtm/live/streaming/Makefile
+++ b/test/zdtm/live/streaming/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stop:
 
 WAIT_TIME=10
 wait_stop:
-	-for ((i = 0; i < $(WAIT_TIME); i++)); do \
+	-for i in `seq 1 $(WAIT_TIME)`; do \
 		kill -0 `cat *.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || break; \
 		sleep 1; \
 	done
diff --git a/test/zdtm/live/transition/Makefile b/test/zdtm/live/transition/Makefile
index 66b958991..b8ed177b9 100644
--- a/test/zdtm/live/transition/Makefile
+++ b/test/zdtm/live/transition/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stop:
 
 WAIT_TIME=10
 wait_stop:
-	-for ((i = 0; i < $(WAIT_TIME); i++)); do \
+	-for i in `seq 1 $(WAIT_TIME)`; do \
 		kill -0 `cat *.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || break; \
 		sleep 1; \
 	done