t/perf-nntpd.t | 2 +-

diff --git a/t/perf-nntpd.t b/t/perf-nntpd.t
index e5021532096e3ed53ae7cf123d6b554d3ce02285..f7890d1c3868d04bfee3f55224aeaa62f01d6bea 100644
--- a/t/perf-nntpd.t
+++ b/t/perf-nntpd.t
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ );
 $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(%opts);
 $s->autoflush(1);
 my $buf = $s->getline;
-is($buf, "201 server ready - post via email\r\n", 'got greeting');
+like($buf, qr/\A201 .* ready - post via email\r\n/s, 'got greeting');
 
 my $t = timeit(10, sub {
 	ok($s->print("GROUP $group\r\n"), 'changed group');