diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index af1045a4fe3..ab628c800d2 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-12-04  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+	* gdb.server/ext-run.exp: Relax regexp for init program.
+
 2008-12-03  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
 
 	* gdb.base/macscp.exp: Generate an object file during compilation
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/ext-run.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/ext-run.exp
index 735c28fb1f8..14c03a465a4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/ext-run.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/ext-run.exp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ gdb_test "run" "Breakpoint.* main .*" "continue to main"
 
 if { [istarget *-*-linux*] } {
     # On Linux, gdbserver can also report the list of processes.
-    gdb_test "info os processes" ".*pid +user +command.*1 +root +/sbin/init.*" "get process list"
+    gdb_test "info os processes" ".*pid +user +command.*1 +root +\[/a-z\]*init.*" "get process list"
 }
 
 gdb_test "kill" "" "kill" "Kill the program being debugged.*" "y"