diff --git a/tests/test_compile_markdown.py b/tests/test_compile_markdown.py
index eb28e3e0e..c9e71fd06 100644
--- a/tests/test_compile_markdown.py
+++ b/tests/test_compile_markdown.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             """\
 <div class="code"><table class="codetable"><tr><td class="linenos linenodiv">\
 <a href="#-1"><code data-line-number="1"></code></a></td>\
-<td class="code"><code><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">this</span>
+<td class="code"><code><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">this</span>
 </code></td></tr></table></div>
 """,
             id="hilite",