diff --git a/testsuite/expect/globals b/testsuite/expect/globals
index 5efca5375892afa5ee74a99d623b8b41cdb9f8bb..1f036ea2bfe0713cc24a4994a4e61e556e546bd5 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/globals
+++ b/testsuite/expect/globals
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ set end_of_line          "\[\r\n\]"
 set number               "\[0-9\]+"
 set float                "\[0-9\]+\\.?\[0-9\]+"
 set whitespace		 "\[ \t\n\r\f\v\]+"
-
+set alpha_numeric_nodelist "$alpha_numeric_under\\\[?$alpha_numeric_under\\\]"
 #
 # Cache SlurmUser to check for SuperUser requests
 #