diff --git a/tests/progs/slapd-bind.c b/tests/progs/slapd-bind.c
index f6cb9a6aa3..81bffb0355 100644
--- a/tests/progs/slapd-bind.c
+++ b/tests/progs/slapd-bind.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	config = tester_init( "slapd-bind", TESTER_BIND );
 
 	/* by default, tolerate invalid credentials */
-	tester_ignore_str2errlist( "INVALID_CREDENTIALS" );
+	tester_ignore_str2errlist( "*INVALID_CREDENTIALS" );
 
 	while ( ( i = getopt( argc, argv, TESTER_COMMON_OPTS "a:B:b:Ff:I" ) ) != EOF )
 	{