diff --git a/pipe/checker_notwin_test.go b/pipe/checker_notwin_test.go
index 7822319..f48f171 100644
--- a/pipe/checker_notwin_test.go
+++ b/pipe/checker_notwin_test.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 package pipe
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	. "github.com/thediveo/success"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("pipes", func() {
@@ -21,13 +23,52 @@ var _ = Describe("pipes", func() {
 		// packet capture data into it. For this test we simulate Wireshark
 		// closing its reading end and we must properly detect this situation on
 		// our writing end of the pipe.
-		r, w := Successful2R(os.Pipe())
+		By("creating a temporary named pipe/fifo and opening its ends")
+		tmpfifodir := Successful(os.MkdirTemp("", "test-fifo-*"))
+		defer os.RemoveAll(tmpfifodir)
+
+		fifoname := tmpfifodir + "/fifo"
+		unix.Mkfifo(fifoname, 0660)
+		wch := make(chan *os.File)
+		go func() {
+			defer GinkgoRecover()
+			wch <- Successful(os.OpenFile(fifoname, os.O_WRONLY, os.ModeNamedPipe))
+		}()
+
+		rch := make(chan *os.File)
+		go func() {
+			defer GinkgoRecover()
+			rch <- Successful(os.OpenFile(fifoname, os.O_RDONLY, os.ModeNamedPipe))
+		}()
+
+		var r, w *os.File
+		Eventually(rch).Should(Receive(&r))
+		Eventually(wch).Should(Receive(&w))
 		defer w.Close()
+
 		go func() {
-			GinkgoHelper()
+			defer GinkgoRecover()
+			By("continously draining the read end of the pipe into /dev/null")
+			null := Successful(os.OpenFile("/dev/null", os.O_WRONLY, 0))
+			defer null.Close()
+			io.Copy(null, r)
+			By("pipe draining done")
+		}()
+
+		go func() {
+			defer GinkgoRecover()
 			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+			By("closing read end of pipe")
 			Expect(r.Close()).To(Succeed())
 		}()
+
+		go func() {
+			defer GinkgoRecover()
+			time.Sleep(300 * time.Microsecond)
+			By("writing some data into the pipe")
+			w.WriteString("Wireshark rulez")
+		}()
+
 		start := time.Now()
 		WaitTillBreak(w)
 		Expect(time.Since(start).Milliseconds()).To(BeNumerically(">", 1900))