diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index dd38ef4f1..139070eb2 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -3556,7 +3556,7 @@ sub singletest {
     # timestamp test preparation start
     $timeprepini{$testnum} = Time::HiRes::time();
 
-    if($disttests !~ /test$testnum\W/ ) {
+    if($disttests !~ /test$testnum(\W|\z)/ ) {
         logmsg "Warning: test$testnum not present in tests/data/Makefile.inc\n";
     }
     if($disabled{$testnum}) {