diff --git a/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh
index b7a7164826..fcc7b574c9 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ if [ -x "$DIG" ] ; then
   echo_i "check that dig -q -m works ($n)"
   ret=0
   dig_with_opts @10.53.0.3 -q -m > dig.out.test$n 2>&1
-  grep '^;-m\..*IN.*A$' dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+  tr -d '\r' < dig.out.test$n | grep '^;-m\..*IN.*A$' > /dev/null || ret=1
   grep "Dump of all outstanding memory allocations" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null && ret=1
   if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
   status=$((status+ret))