diff --git a/contrib/valgrind.supp b/contrib/valgrind.supp
--- a/contrib/valgrind.supp
+++ b/contrib/valgrind.supp
@@ -41,3 +41,13 @@
    ...
    fun:_ZN7leveldbL14InitDefaultEnvEv
 }
+{
+   Suppress glibc bug 24476
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   ...
+   fun:__dlerror_main_freeres
+   fun:__libc_freeres
+   ...
+   fun:quick_exit*
+   fun:TestOtherProcess
+}
diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -1279,7 +1279,11 @@
                 break;
             case ExitCommand:
                 close(fd);
-                exit(0);
+                // As an alternative to exit() which runs the exit handlers
+                // (which seem to be flakey with Boost test suite with JUNIT
+                // logging in a forked process), just vanish this process as
+                // fast as possible.
+                std::quick_exit(0);
             default:
                 assert(0);
         }