diff --git a/tests/exec/exec.cpp b/tests/exec/exec.cpp
index 5afe329d4d..69b7eb3c17 100644
--- a/tests/exec/exec.cpp
+++ b/tests/exec/exec.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,13 @@ private:
                      wxProcess* callback_ = NULL)
         {
             forceExitLoop = forceExitLoop_;
-            command = command_;
+
+            // Prepend the command with the value of wxTEST_RUNNER if it's
+            // defined to make this test work when using Wine too.
+            if ( wxGetEnv("wxTEST_RUNNER", &command) )
+                command += ' ';
+            command += command_;
+
             flags = flags_;
             callback = callback_;