diff --git a/testsuite/ps.test/ps_output.exp b/testsuite/ps.test/ps_output.exp
index 1b2c0972..cadce131 100644
--- a/testsuite/ps.test/ps_output.exp
+++ b/testsuite/ps.test/ps_output.exp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ set ps_class "\[A-Z?-\]\\s*"
 
 set flag_match {
     "%cpu,pcpu,%mem,pmem"   "%CPU\\s+%CPU\\s+%MEM\\s+%MEM\\s+\(\\d+\.\\d+\\s*\){4}$"
-    "blocked,sig_block,sigmask,caught,sigcatch,sig_catch" "\(BLOCKED\\s+\){3}\(CAUGHT\\s+\){2}CATCHED\\s+\(\[0-9a-f\]+\\s*\){6}$"
+    "blocked,sig_block,sigmask,caught,sigcatch,sig_catch" "\(BLOCKED\\s+\){3}\(CAUGHT\\s+\){2}CATCHED\\s+\(<?\[0-9a-f\]+\\s*\){6}$"
     "bsdstart,start,lstart" "\\s*START\\s+STARTED\\s+STARTED\\s+\(\\s*\(\[A-Z\]\[a-z\]{2} \\d+|\\d+:\\d{2}\)\\s+\(\[A-Z\]\[a-z\]{2} \\d+|\\d+:\\d{2}:\\d{2}\)\\s+\[A-Z\]\[a-z\]{2} \[A-Z\]\[a-z\]{2}\\s+\\d+ \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2} \\d{4}\\s*\)+$"
     "bsdtime,cputime,etime,etimes" "\\s*TIME\\s+TIME\\s+ELAPSED\\s+ELAPSED\\s*\(\\s*\\d+:\\d{2}\\s+\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}\\s+\(\\d{2}:\)?\\d{2}:\\d{2}\\s+\\d+\\s*\)$"
     "user,ruser,group,rgroup,uid,ruid,gid,rgid" "\\s*USER\\s+RUSER\\s+GROUP\\s+RGROUP\\s+UID\\s+RUID\\s+GID\\s+RGID\\s+\(\(\\s*\[A-Za-z0-9_+-\]+\\s+\){4}\(\\d+\\s+\){4}\\s*\)+$"