diff --git a/test/test-lib.el b/test/test-lib.el
index 437f83f4..36afe630 100644
--- a/test/test-lib.el
+++ b/test/test-lib.el
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@
 
 (defun test-output (&optional filename)
   "Save current buffer to file FILENAME.  Default FILENAME is OUTPUT."
+  (notmuch-post-command)
   (write-region (point-min) (point-max) (or filename "OUTPUT")))
 
 (defun test-visible-output (&optional filename)
   "Save visible text in current buffer to file FILENAME.  Default
 FILENAME is OUTPUT."
+  (notmuch-post-command)
   (let ((text (visible-buffer-string)))
     (with-temp-file (or filename "OUTPUT") (insert text))))
 
@@ -166,6 +168,15 @@ nothing."
      (t
       (notmuch-test-report-unexpected output expected)))))
 
+(defun notmuch-post-command ()
+  (run-hooks 'post-command-hook))
+
+(defmacro notmuch-test-progn (&rest body)
+  (cons 'progn
+	(mapcar
+	 (lambda (x) `(prog1 ,x (notmuch-post-command)))
+	 body)))
+
 ;; For historical reasons, we hide deleted tags by default in the test
 ;; suite
 (setq notmuch-tag-deleted-formats
diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index 17deaaba..b9b8fe8c 100644
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ test_emacs () {
 	rm -f OUTPUT
 	touch OUTPUT
 
-	${TEST_EMACSCLIENT} --socket-name="$EMACS_SERVER" --eval "(progn $@)"
+	${TEST_EMACSCLIENT} --socket-name="$EMACS_SERVER" --eval "(notmuch-test-progn $@)"
 }
 
 test_python() {