diff --git a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
index 01ae46131c4..2c13cec922c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def add(x, y):
 
 class DocXMLRPCHTTPGETServer(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
+        self._threads = test_support.threading_setup()
         # Enable server feedback
         DocXMLRPCServer._send_traceback_header = True
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
 
         # Disable server feedback
         DocXMLRPCServer._send_traceback_header = False
+        test_support.threading_cleanup(*self._threads)
 
     def test_valid_get_response(self):
         self.client.request("GET", "/")