1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb
index b57e16ec94..8180ce38be 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ describe "Dir.home" do
   end
 
   platform_is_not :windows do
-    it "returns the named user's home directory as a string if called with an argument" do
-      Dir.home(ENV['USER']).should == ENV['HOME']
+    it "returns the named user's home directory, from the user database, as a string if called with an argument" do
+      Dir.home(ENV['USER']).should == `echo ~#{ENV['USER']}`.chomp
     end
   end