diff --git a/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm b/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
index 02f8028b2b..b4d5746e20 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
+++ b/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sub run_test_psql
 	my $logstring = $_[1];
 
 	my $cmd = [
-		'psql', '-X', '-A', '-t', '-c', "SELECT 'connected with $connstr'",
+		'psql', '-X', '-A', '-t', '-c', "SELECT \$\$connected with $connstr\$\$",
 		'-d', "$connstr" ];
 
 	my $result = run_log($cmd);