diff --git a/lib/driverProviders/driverProvider.ts b/lib/driverProviders/driverProvider.ts
index f6655946f..225c2ee44 100644
--- a/lib/driverProviders/driverProvider.ts
+++ b/lib/driverProviders/driverProvider.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export abstract class DriverProvider {
     let driverPromise = this.setupDriverEnv();
     if (this.config_.useBlockingProxy && !this.config_.blockingProxyUrl) {
       // TODO(heathkit): If set, pass the webDriverProxy to BP.
-      return q.all([driverPromise, this.bpRunner.start()]);
+      return driverPromise.then(() => this.bpRunner.start());
     }
     return driverPromise;
   };
diff --git a/scripts/test.js b/scripts/test.js
index cac0c7be4..4d2be0d6e 100755
--- a/scripts/test.js
+++ b/scripts/test.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var passingTests = [
   'node built/cli.js spec/directConnectConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/restartBrowserBetweenTestsConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/driverProviderLocalConf.js',
+  'node built/cli.js spec/driverProviderLocalConf.js --useBlockingProxy',
   'node built/cli.js spec/getCapabilitiesConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/controlLockConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/customFramework.js',