diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/Config.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/Config.ts
index 91f176a6..fb90af51 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/Config.ts
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ export class MemLabConfig {
   noReCluster: boolean;
   maxSamplesForClustering: number;
   filterTraceByName: Nullable<string>;
+  skipBrowserCloseWait: boolean;
 
   constructor(options: ConfigOption = {}) {
     // init properties, they can be configured manually
@@ -370,6 +371,8 @@ export class MemLabConfig {
     // if specified via CLI options, this will filter leak traces by
     // node and edge names in the leak trace
     this.filterTraceByName = null;
+    // if true, memlab will not wait for the browser to close successfully
+    this.skipBrowserCloseWait = false;
   }
 
   // initialize configurable parameters
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts
index 0a5a3b66..7aed3873 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts
@@ -1325,6 +1325,8 @@ async function closePuppeteer(
   if (config.isLocalPuppeteer && !options.warmup) {
     await Promise.all(pages.map(page => page.close()));
     await browser.disconnect();
+  } else if (config.skipBrowserCloseWait) {
+    browser.close();
   } else {
     await browser.close();
   }