diff --git a/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stderr b/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stderr
index 1c76386e5d..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stderr
+++ b/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stderr
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-execv: No such file or directory
diff --git a/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stdout b/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stdout
index e69de29bb2..0f56119c73 100644
--- a/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stdout
+++ b/tests/expected/unistd/exec.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exec works :D
diff --git a/tests/unistd/exec.c b/tests/unistd/exec.c
index 213df7f8d3..732ed00aec 100644
--- a/tests/unistd/exec.c
+++ b/tests/unistd/exec.c
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-    char *const args[1] = {"arg"};
-    execv("write", args);
+    char* args[] = {"sh", "-c", "echo 'exec works :D'", NULL};
+    execv("/bin/sh", args);
     perror("execv");
     return 0;
 }