diff --git a/bin/tests/system/builtin/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/builtin/tests.sh
index 38eaa4bef933c68e41df791bc50e3c84bf844130..40823e604dc60381d812355a901244a7ec868d1e 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/builtin/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/builtin/tests.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ n=`expr $n + 1`
 ret=0
 echo "I:Checking that custom version works for rndc ($n)"
 $RNDC -c ../common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.3 -p 9953 status > rndc.status.ns3.$n 2>&1
-grep "^version: BIND $VERSION ${DESCRIPTION}${DESCRIPTION:+ }<id:.......> (this is a test of version)" rndc.status.ns3.$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "^version: BIND $VERSION ${DESCRIPTION}${DESCRIPTION:+ }<id:........*> (this is a test of version)" rndc.status.ns3.$n > /dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ] ; then echo I:failed; status=`expr $status + $ret`; fi
 
 n=`expr $n + 1`