diff --git a/channels/testing/live.py b/channels/testing/live.py
index ce5ff1097..7522ccbf5 100644
--- a/channels/testing/live.py
+++ b/channels/testing/live.py
@@ -39,36 +39,44 @@ def live_server_url(self):
     def live_server_ws_url(self):
         return "ws://%s:%s" % (self.host, self._port)
 
-    def _pre_setup(self):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
         for connection in connections.all():
-            if self._is_in_memory_db(connection):
+            if cls._is_in_memory_db(connection):
                 raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                     "ChannelLiveServerTestCase can not be used with in memory databases"
                 )
 
-        super(ChannelsLiveServerTestCase, self)._pre_setup()
+        super().setUpClass()
 
-        self._live_server_modified_settings = modify_settings(
-            ALLOWED_HOSTS={"append": self.host}
+        cls._live_server_modified_settings = modify_settings(
+            ALLOWED_HOSTS={"append": cls.host}
         )
-        self._live_server_modified_settings.enable()
+        cls._live_server_modified_settings.enable()
 
         get_application = partial(
             make_application,
-            static_wrapper=self.static_wrapper if self.serve_static else None,
+            static_wrapper=cls.static_wrapper if cls.serve_static else None,
         )
-        self._server_process = self.ProtocolServerProcess(self.host, get_application)
-        self._server_process.start()
-        self._server_process.ready.wait()
-        self._port = self._server_process.port.value
+        cls._server_process = cls.ProtocolServerProcess(cls.host, get_application)
+        cls._server_process.start()
+        while True:
+            if not cls._server_process.ready.wait(timeout=1):
+                if cls._server_process.is_alive():
+                    continue
+                raise RuntimeError("Server stopped") from None
+            break
+        cls._port = cls._server_process.port.value
 
-    def _post_teardown(self):
-        self._server_process.terminate()
-        self._server_process.join()
-        self._live_server_modified_settings.disable()
-        super(ChannelsLiveServerTestCase, self)._post_teardown()
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls._server_process.terminate()
+        cls._server_process.join()
+        cls._live_server_modified_settings.disable()
+        super().tearDownClass()
 
-    def _is_in_memory_db(self, connection):
+    @classmethod
+    def _is_in_memory_db(cls, connection):
         """
         Check if DatabaseWrapper holds in memory database.
         """
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bc60b699c..551999c50 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ tests =
     pytest
     pytest-django
     pytest-asyncio
+    httpx
 daphne =
     daphne>=4.0.0
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 94c9803a7..54c3c6f58 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,26 +1,12 @@
+import os
+
 import pytest
 from django.conf import settings
 
 
 def pytest_configure():
-    settings.configure(
-        DATABASES={
-            "default": {
-                "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-                # Override Django’s default behaviour of using an in-memory database
-                # in tests for SQLite, since that avoids connection.close() working.
-                "TEST": {"NAME": "test_db.sqlite3"},
-            }
-        },
-        INSTALLED_APPS=[
-            "django.contrib.auth",
-            "django.contrib.contenttypes",
-            "django.contrib.sessions",
-            "django.contrib.admin",
-            "channels",
-        ],
-        SECRET_KEY="Not_a_secret_key",
-    )
+    os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "tests.testproject.settings"
+    settings._setup()
 
 
 def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
diff --git a/tests/test_live_testcase.py b/tests/test_live_testcase.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..098538339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_live_testcase.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import httpx
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from channels.testing import ChannelsLiveServerTestCase
+
+
+def test_settings():
+    assert settings.SETTINGS_MODULE == "tests.testproject.settings"
+
+
+class TestLiveNoStatic(ChannelsLiveServerTestCase):
+    serve_static = False
+
+    def test_properties(self):
+        # test properties
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.live_server_ws_url, self.live_server_url.replace("http", "ws", 1)
+        )
+
+    def test_resolving(self):
+        result = httpx.get(f"{self.live_server_url}/admin", follow_redirects=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+        result = httpx.get(f"{self.live_server_url}/addsdsmidsdsn")
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 404)
+
+
+class TestLiveWithStatic(ChannelsLiveServerTestCase):
+    def test_properties(self):
+        # test properties
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.live_server_ws_url, self.live_server_url.replace("http", "ws", 1)
+        )
+
+    def test_resolving(self):
+        result = httpx.get(f"{self.live_server_url}/admin", follow_redirects=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+        result = httpx.get(f"{self.live_server_url}/addsdsmidsdsn")
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 404)
diff --git a/tests/testproject/__init__.py b/tests/testproject/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/testproject/asgi.py b/tests/testproject/asgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d594c7df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testproject/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for testproject project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "tests.testproject.settings")
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/tests/testproject/settings.py b/tests/testproject/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29f6b63e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testproject/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+"""
+Django settings for testproject project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.2.3.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+SECRET_KEY = "Not_a_secret_key"
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "channels",
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = "tests.testproject.urls"
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        # Override Django’s default behaviour of using an in-memory database
+        # in tests for SQLite, since that avoids connection.close() working.
+        "TEST": {"NAME": "test_db.sqlite3"},
+    }
+}
+
+
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
+
+ASGI_APPLICATION = "tests.testproject.asgi.application"
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "tests.testproject.wsgi.application"
diff --git a/tests/testproject/urls.py b/tests/testproject/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..319d1ace9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testproject/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""
+URL configuration for testproject project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/tests/testproject/wsgi.py b/tests/testproject/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9295e239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testproject/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for testproject project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "tests.testproject.settings")
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()