diff --git a/acceptance/tests/ticket_7728_don't_log_whits_on_failure.rb b/acceptance/tests/ticket_7728_don't_log_whits_on_failure.rb
index 0d4dd6b5d..0941c030c 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/ticket_7728_don't_log_whits_on_failure.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/ticket_7728_don't_log_whits_on_failure.rb
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 test_name "#7728: Don't log whits on resource failure"
 
 manifest = %Q{
   class foo {
-    exec { "test": command => "/usr/bin/false" }
+    exec { "test": command => "false", path => ['/bin', '/usr/bin'] }
 
     notify { "before": before  => Exec["test"] }
     notify { "after":  require => Exec["test"] }
   }
 
   include foo
 }
 
 apply_manifest_on(agents, manifest) do
   # Note: using strings in the match, because I want them regexp-escaped,
   # and the assertion code will do that automatically. --daniel 2011-06-07
   assert_match(Regexp.quote('notice: /Stage[main]/Foo/Notify[after]: Dependency Exec[test] has failures: true'), stdout, "the after dependency must be reported")
   assert_no_match(Regexp.quote('Class[Foo]'), stdout, 'the class should not be mentioned')
   assert_no_match(Regexp.quote('Stage[Main]'), stdout, 'the class should not be mentioned')
 end