diff --git a/test/functional/mempool_packages.py b/test/functional/mempool_packages.py
--- a/test/functional/mempool_packages.py
+++ b/test/functional/mempool_packages.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from test_framework.messages import COIN
+from test_framework.mininode import P2PTxInvStore
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import (
     assert_equal,
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@
 
     def run_test(self):
         # Mine some blocks and have them mature.
+        # keep track of invs
+        self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PTxInvStore())
         self.nodes[0].generate(101)
         utxo = self.nodes[0].listunspent(10)
         txid = utxo[0]['txid']
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@
             value = sent_value
             chain.append(txid)
 
+        # Wait until mempool transactions have passed initial broadcast
+        # (sent inv and received getdata)
+        # Otherwise, getrawmempool may be inconsistent with getmempoolentry if
+        # unbroadcast changes in between
+        self.nodes[0].p2p.wait_for_broadcast(chain)
+
         # Check mempool has MAX_ANCESTORS transactions in it, and descendant and ancestor
         # count and fees should look correct
         mempool = self.nodes[0].getrawmempool(True)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py b/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@
         self.tx_invs_received = defaultdict(int)
 
     def on_inv(self, message):
+        # Send getdata in response.
+        super().on_inv(message)
         # Store how many times invs have been received for each tx.
         for i in message.inv:
             if i.type == MSG_TX:
@@ -758,3 +760,13 @@
     def get_invs(self):
         with mininode_lock:
             return list(self.tx_invs_received.keys())
+
+    def wait_for_broadcast(self, txns, timeout=60):
+        """Waits for the txns (list of txids) to complete initial broadcast.
+        The mempool should mark unbroadcast=False for these transactions.
+        """
+        # Wait until invs have been received (and getdatas sent) for each txid.
+        self.wait_until(lambda: set(self.get_invs()) == set(
+            [int(tx, 16) for tx in txns]), timeout)
+        # Flush messages and wait for the getdatas to be processed
+        self.sync_with_ping()