diff --git a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleProcessManager.cs b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleProcessManager.cs
index 8cbd290e01..56b3f041cd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleProcessManager.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleProcessManager.cs
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer
     using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.Utilities.Helpers;
     using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.Utilities.Helpers.Interfaces;
     using System;
-    using System.Collections;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Diagnostics;
     using System.Globalization;
+    using System.Threading;
     using Resources = Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer.Resources.Resources;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ internal class VsTestConsoleProcessManager : IProcessManager
         /// </summary>
         private const string DIAG_ARGUMENT = "/diag:{0};tracelevel={1}";
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// EndSession timeout
+        /// </summary>
+        private const int ENDSESSIONTIMEOUT = 1000;
+
         private string vstestConsolePath;
         private object syncObject = new object();
         private bool vstestConsoleStarted = false;
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ internal class VsTestConsoleProcessManager : IProcessManager
         private readonly bool isNetCoreRunner;
         private string dotnetExePath;
         private Process process;
+        private ManualResetEvent processExitedEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);
 
         internal IFileHelper FileHelper { get; set; }
 
@@ -143,15 +149,16 @@ public void StartProcess(ConsoleParameters consoleParameters)
         public void ShutdownProcess()
         {
             // Ideally process should die by itself
-            if (IsProcessInitialized())
+            if(!processExitedEvent.WaitOne(ENDSESSIONTIMEOUT) && IsProcessInitialized())
             {
+                EqtTrace.Info($"VsTestConsoleProcessManager.ShutDownProcess : Terminating vstest.console process after waiting for {ENDSESSIONTIMEOUT} milliseconds.");
                 vstestConsoleExited = true;
                 this.process.OutputDataReceived -= Process_OutputDataReceived;
                 this.process.ErrorDataReceived -= Process_ErrorDataReceived;
                 SafelyTerminateProcess();
                 this.process.Dispose();
                 this.process = null;
-            }
+            }            
         }
 
         private void SafelyTerminateProcess()
@@ -173,8 +180,8 @@ private void Process_Exited(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             lock (syncObject)
             {
-                ShutdownProcess();
-
+                processExitedEvent.Set();
+                vstestConsoleExited = true;
                 this.ProcessExited?.Invoke(sender, e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleWrapper.cs b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleWrapper.cs
index f340ef50e3..e947ea8617 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.VsTestConsole.TranslationLayer/VsTestConsoleWrapper.cs
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ public void EndSession()
         {
             this.requestSender.EndSession();
             this.requestSender.Close();
+
+            // If vstest.console is still hanging around, it should be explicitly killed.
+            this.vstestConsoleProcessManager.ShutdownProcess();
+
             this.sessionStarted = false;
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.AcceptanceTests/TranslationLayerTests/RunTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.AcceptanceTests/TranslationLayerTests/RunTests.cs
index cc3082edb2..ad155994c5 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.AcceptanceTests/TranslationLayerTests/RunTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.AcceptanceTests/TranslationLayerTests/RunTests.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.TestPlatform.AcceptanceTests.TranslationLayerTests
     using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.Diagnostics;
     using System.Linq;
     using VisualStudio.TestPlatform.ObjectModel.Logging;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,25 @@ public void RunAllTests(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
             Assert.AreEqual(2, this.runEventHandler.TestResults.Count(t => t.Outcome == TestOutcome.Skipped));
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        [NetFullTargetFrameworkDataSource]
+        [NetCoreTargetFrameworkDataSource]
+        public void EndSessionShouldEnsureVstestConsoleProcessDies(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
+        {
+            var numOfProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName("vstest.console").Length;
+
+            AcceptanceTestBase.SetTestEnvironment(this.testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
+            this.Setup();
+            
+            this.vstestConsoleWrapper.RunTests(this.GetTestAssemblies(), this.GetDefaultRunSettings(), this.runEventHandler);
+            this.vstestConsoleWrapper?.EndSession();
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.AreEqual(numOfProcesses, Process.GetProcessesByName("vstest.console").Length);
+
+            this.vstestConsoleWrapper = null;
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         [NetFullTargetFrameworkDataSource]
         [NetCoreTargetFrameworkDataSource]
diff --git a/test/TranslationLayer.UnitTests/VsTestConsoleWrapperTests.cs b/test/TranslationLayer.UnitTests/VsTestConsoleWrapperTests.cs
index e9c89892d0..2691bb43c7 100644
--- a/test/TranslationLayer.UnitTests/VsTestConsoleWrapperTests.cs
+++ b/test/TranslationLayer.UnitTests/VsTestConsoleWrapperTests.cs
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ public void EndSessionShouldSucceed()
 
             this.mockRequestSender.Verify(rs => rs.EndSession(), Times.Once);
             this.mockRequestSender.Verify(rs => rs.Close(), Times.Once);
+            this.mockProcessManager.Verify(x => x.ShutdownProcess(), Times.Once);
         }
     }
 }