diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cpmd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cpmd/package.py
index 00c430a7eba..4c534fa2a7b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cpmd/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cpmd/package.py
@@ -98,4 +98,8 @@ def test(self):
             exe_name = 'cpmd.x'
         opts.append(test_file)
         opts.append(test_dir)
-        self.run_test(exe_name, options=opts)
+        expected = ['2       1        H        O              1.84444     0.97604',
+                    '3       1        H        O              1.84444     0.97604',
+                    '2   1   3         H     O     H              103.8663'
+                    ]
+        self.run_test(exe_name, options=opts, expected=expected)