diff --git a/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix b/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix
index 3f0368592b8d..6e92079f65a7 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/gnome3.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
 
       $machine->succeed("su - alice -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 gnome-terminal &'");
       $machine->succeed("xauth merge ~alice/.Xauthority");
-      $machine->waitForWindow(qr/Terminal/);
+      $machine->waitForWindow(qr/alice.*machine/);
       $machine->succeed("timeout 900 bash -c 'while read msg; do if [[ \$msg =~ \"GNOME Shell started\" ]]; then break; fi; done < <(journalctl -f)'");
       $machine->sleep(10);
       $machine->screenshot("screen");