diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.88 b/testsuite/expect/test1.88
index 0419555e140a55956f6344250bccae6a044c1bff..08bcaa10035370acfb683278fe758f91bb6a6238 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.88
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.88
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if {[test_aix] == 1} {
 exec $bin_rm -f $test_prog ${test_prog}.o
 if {$use_pmi} {
 	set pmi_link "-rpath $slurm_dir/lib -L $slurm_dir/lib -lpmi"
-	exec $mpicc -Xlinker $pmi_link -o $test_prog ${test_prog}.c
+	eval exec $mpicc -Xlinker $pmi_link -o $test_prog ${test_prog}.c
 } else {
 	exec $mpicc -o $test_prog ${test_prog}.c
 }