diff --git a/meshmode/interop/nodal_dg.py b/meshmode/interop/nodal_dg.py
index 5f43732ccb0dd21e4bf9a06fd9a2a66aee9b78e8..977721afa3edf0cafabfbf15fa3f01a95643a07b 100644
--- a/meshmode/interop/nodal_dg.py
+++ b/meshmode/interop/nodal_dg.py
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class NodalDGContext(object):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        # Work around https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/issues/462
+        self.octave._engine.repl.delayafterterminate = 2
+
         self.octave.exit()
 
     REF_AXES = ["r", "s", "t"]