diff --git a/libraries/liblber/etest.c b/libraries/liblber/etest.c
index 33184ecc5c..3731a24a46 100644
--- a/libraries/liblber/etest.c
+++ b/libraries/liblber/etest.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int
 main( int argc, char **argv )
 {
 	char	*s;
+	int tag;
 
 	int			fd, rc;
 	BerElement	*ber;
@@ -143,10 +144,14 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 			break;
 
 		case 's':	/* string */
-		case 't':	/* tag for the next element */
 			buf = getbuf();
 			rc = ber_printf( ber, fmt, buf );
 			break;
+		case 't':	/* tag for the next element */
+			buf = getbuf();
+			tag = atoi(buf);
+			rc = ber_printf( ber, fmt, tag );
+			break;
 
 		default:
 			fprintf( stderr, "encode: unknown fmt %c\n", *fmt );