diff --git a/src/test/shell/integration/jvm_flags_escaping_test.sh b/src/test/shell/integration/jvm_flags_escaping_test.sh
index 3865c2d..8035976 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/integration/jvm_flags_escaping_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/integration/jvm_flags_escaping_test.sh
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
     bazel build --verbose_failures "${pkg}:cannot_tokenize" \
       2>"$TEST_log" || fail "expected success"
     expect_program_cannot_run "bazel-bin/$pkg/cannot_tokenize${EXE_EXT}"
-    expect_log "syntax error"
+    expect_log "\(syntax error\)\|\(unexpected EOF while looking for matching \`''\)"
   fi
 }