diff --git a/src/watts/fileutils.py b/src/watts/fileutils.py
index 196599b..0dd3804 100644
--- a/src/watts/fileutils.py
+++ b/src/watts/fileutils.py
@@ -140,3 +140,15 @@ def read_async(fd):
 
         if p.poll() is not None:
             break
+
+    # Drain any data remaining in the pipe buffers after the process exits.
+    # With O_NONBLOCK, a single read() per iteration may not consume all buffered
+    # bytes (the kernel returns what fits in one syscall). Once the write end of
+    # the pipe is closed (process exited) read_async returns b'' on EOF rather
+    # than raising EAGAIN, so this loop terminates cleanly.
+    for fd, stream in ((p.stdout, sys.stdout), (p.stderr, sys.stderr)):
+        while True:
+            chunk = read_async(fd)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            stream.write(chunk.decode())
diff --git a/tests/test_fileutils.py b/tests/test_fileutils.py
index d418989..e6ae66a 100644
--- a/tests/test_fileutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_fileutils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+import pytest
+
 from watts.fileutils import tee_stdout, tee_stderr, run
 
 
@@ -55,3 +57,23 @@ def test_run(run_in_tmpdir):
         run(['env'])
     assert f.getvalue() == file_output
 
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == 'win32', reason="O_NONBLOCK not available on Windows")
+def test_run_captures_all_output(run_in_tmpdir):
+    # Emit enough output to fill multiple pipe-buffer reads (typically 64 KB),
+    # then verify every byte is captured.  This is a regression test for the
+    # post-exit drain: without draining after p.poll() returns, the last chunk
+    # of buffered data could be silently dropped.
+    line = "x" * 79 + "\n"   # 80 bytes per line
+    n_lines = 2000            # 160 000 bytes — well past one pipe-buffer read
+    script = f"import sys; [sys.stdout.write({line!r}) for _ in range({n_lines})]"
+
+    with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as f:
+        run([sys.executable, '-c', script])
+
+    captured = f.getvalue()
+    assert captured == line * n_lines, (
+        f"Expected {n_lines * 80} bytes but got {len(captured)}; "
+        "output was likely truncated due to missing post-exit drain"
+    )
+