1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/t/lib/filehand.t b/t/lib/filehand.t
index 14a17704b9..20b2ee0bb0 100755
--- a/t/lib/filehand.t
+++ b/t/lib/filehand.t
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ print "1..11\n";
 
 print $mystdout "ok ",fileno($mystdout),"\n";
 
-$fh = new FileHandle "TEST", O_RDONLY and print "ok 2\n";
+$fh = (new FileHandle "./TEST", O_RDONLY
+       or new FileHandle "TEST", O_RDONLY)
+  and print "ok 2\n";
 
 
 $buffer = <$fh>;