diff --git a/tests/hpcrun.pl b/tests/hpcrun.pl
index 1cd955b05de2e1523396ad5360c56eb70db658e2..88fef33daf301163ee1a6777e807bb864f9bb40a 100644
--- a/tests/hpcrun.pl
+++ b/tests/hpcrun.pl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ system ($HPC, "report", "$binary.tix");
 print "\n\n";
 system ($HPC, "report", "$binary.tix", "--per-module");
 print "\n\n";
-open(MARKUP, "-|", "$HPC markup $binary.tix");
+open(MARKUP, "-|", $HPC, "markup", "$binary.tix");
 while(<MARKUP>) {
   my $line = $_;
   print $line;