diff --git a/cmd/helm/release_testing.go b/cmd/helm/release_testing.go
index 548ae2b8a..ca8e92a2f 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/release_testing.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/release_testing.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func newReleaseTestCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command
 			}
 			return compListReleases(toComplete, args, cfg)
 		},
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (returnError error) {
 			client.Namespace = settings.Namespace()
 			notName := regexp.MustCompile(`^!\s?name=`)
 			for _, f := range filter {
@@ -64,7 +64,16 @@ func newReleaseTestCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command
 					client.Filters[action.ExcludeNameFilter] = append(client.Filters[action.ExcludeNameFilter], notName.ReplaceAllLiteralString(f, ""))
 				}
 			}
-			rel, runErr := client.Run(args[0])
+
+			rel, shutdown, runErr := client.Run(args[0])
+			defer func() {
+				if shutdownErr := shutdown(); shutdownErr != nil {
+					if returnError == nil {
+						returnError = shutdownErr
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
 			// We only return an error if we weren't even able to get the
 			// release, otherwise we keep going so we can print status and logs
 			// if requested
diff --git a/pkg/action/hooks.go b/pkg/action/hooks.go
index 40c1ffdb6..6eb31ce3f 100644
--- a/pkg/action/hooks.go
+++ b/pkg/action/hooks.go
@@ -28,6 +28,27 @@ import (
 
 // execHook executes all of the hooks for the given hook event.
 func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	shutdown, err := cfg.execHookWithDelayedShutdown(rl, hook, timeout)
+	if shutdown == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		if err := shutdown(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	return shutdown()
+}
+
+type ExecuteShutdownHooks = func() error
+
+func ShutdownNoOp() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// execHookWithDelayedShutdown executes all of the hooks for the given hook event and returns a shutdownHook function to trigger deletions after doing other things like e.g. retrieving logs.
+func (cfg *Configuration) execHookWithDelayedShutdown(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent, timeout time.Duration) (ExecuteShutdownHooks, error) {
 	executingHooks := []*release.Hook{}
 
 	for _, h := range rl.Hooks {
@@ -52,12 +73,12 @@ func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent,
 		}
 
 		if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookBeforeHookCreation); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return ShutdownNoOp, err
 		}
 
 		resources, err := cfg.KubeClient.Build(bytes.NewBufferString(h.Manifest), true)
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to build kubernetes object for %s hook %s", hook, h.Path)
+			return ShutdownNoOp, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to build kubernetes object for %s hook %s", hook, h.Path)
 		}
 
 		// Record the time at which the hook was applied to the cluster
@@ -76,7 +97,7 @@ func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent,
 		if _, err := cfg.KubeClient.Create(resources); err != nil {
 			h.LastRun.CompletedAt = helmtime.Now()
 			h.LastRun.Phase = release.HookPhaseFailed
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "warning: Hook %s %s failed", hook, h.Path)
+			return ShutdownNoOp, errors.Wrapf(err, "warning: Hook %s %s failed", hook, h.Path)
 		}
 
 		// Watch hook resources until they have completed
@@ -88,23 +109,26 @@ func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent,
 			h.LastRun.Phase = release.HookPhaseFailed
 			// If a hook is failed, check the annotation of the hook to determine whether the hook should be deleted
 			// under failed condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in the hook
-			if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookFailed); err != nil {
+			return func() error {
+				if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookFailed); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 				return err
-			}
-			return err
+			}, err
 		}
 		h.LastRun.Phase = release.HookPhaseSucceeded
 	}
 
-	// If all hooks are successful, check the annotation of each hook to determine whether the hook should be deleted
-	// under succeeded condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in each hook
-	for _, h := range executingHooks {
-		if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookSucceeded); err != nil {
-			return err
+	return func() error {
+		// If all hooks are successful, check the annotation of each hook to determine whether the hook should be deleted
+		// under succeeded condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in each hook
+		for _, h := range executingHooks {
+			if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookSucceeded); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
+		return nil
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // hookByWeight is a sorter for hooks
diff --git a/pkg/action/release_testing.go b/pkg/action/release_testing.go
index 3c10cecf8..9ea7a091a 100644
--- a/pkg/action/release_testing.go
+++ b/pkg/action/release_testing.go
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ func NewReleaseTesting(cfg *Configuration) *ReleaseTesting {
 }
 
 // Run executes 'helm test' against the given release.
-func (r *ReleaseTesting) Run(name string) (*release.Release, error) {
+func (r *ReleaseTesting) Run(name string) (*release.Release, ExecuteShutdownHooks, error) {
 	if err := r.cfg.KubeClient.IsReachable(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, ShutdownNoOp, err
 	}
 
 	if err := chartutil.ValidateReleaseName(name); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("releaseTest: Release name is invalid: %s", name)
+		return nil, ShutdownNoOp, errors.Errorf("releaseTest: Release name is invalid: %s", name)
 	}
 
 	// finds the non-deleted release with the given name
 	rel, err := r.cfg.Releases.Last(name)
 	if err != nil {
-		return rel, err
+		return rel, ShutdownNoOp, err
 	}
 
 	skippedHooks := []*release.Hook{}
@@ -94,14 +94,16 @@ func (r *ReleaseTesting) Run(name string) (*release.Release, error) {
 		rel.Hooks = executingHooks
 	}
 
-	if err := r.cfg.execHook(rel, release.HookTest, r.Timeout); err != nil {
+	shutdown, err := r.cfg.execHookWithDelayedShutdown(rel, release.HookTest, r.Timeout)
+
+	if err != nil {
 		rel.Hooks = append(skippedHooks, rel.Hooks...)
 		r.cfg.Releases.Update(rel)
-		return rel, err
+		return rel, shutdown, err
 	}
 
 	rel.Hooks = append(skippedHooks, rel.Hooks...)
-	return rel, r.cfg.Releases.Update(rel)
+	return rel, shutdown, r.cfg.Releases.Update(rel)
 }
 
 // GetPodLogs will write the logs for all test pods in the given release into