diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 90a29573a..e281e318c 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -3793,7 +3793,7 @@ sub singletest {
     # run the postcheck command
     my @postcheck= getpart("client", "postcheck");
     if(@postcheck) {
-        $cmd = $postcheck[0];
+        $cmd = join("", @postcheck);
         chomp $cmd;
         subVariables \$cmd;
         if($cmd) {