diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CLITest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CLITest.java
index 5e03b0ba63..3ddaa56643 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CLITest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CLITest.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class CLITest extends BaseCLITest {
     @Test
     public void testWrongRulename() {
         String[] args = { "-d", SOURCE_FOLDER, "-f", "text", "-R", "category/java/design.xml/ThisRuleDoesNotExist", };
-        String log = runTest(StatusCode.ERROR, args);
+        String log = runTest(StatusCode.OK, args);
         assertThat(log, containsString("No rules found. Maybe you misspelled a rule name?"
                                            + " (category/java/design.xml/ThisRuleDoesNotExist)"));
     }