diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_scripts/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_scripts/tests.py
index 8580e36d1a..32bf4cfd10 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_scripts/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_scripts/tests.py
@@ -864,14 +864,14 @@ class ManageAlternateSettings(AdminScriptTestCase):
         "alternate: manage.py builtin commands work with settings provided as argument"
         args = ['sqlall','--settings=alternate_settings', 'admin_scripts']
         out, err = self.run_manage(args)
-        self.assertOutput(out, 'CREATE TABLE "admin_scripts_article"')
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(out,  'CREATE TABLE [`"]admin_scripts_article[`"]')
         self.assertNoOutput(err)
 
     def test_builtin_with_environment(self):
         "alternate: manage.py builtin commands work if settings are provided in the environment"
         args = ['sqlall','admin_scripts']
         out, err = self.run_manage(args,'alternate_settings')
-        self.assertOutput(out, 'CREATE TABLE "admin_scripts_article"')
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(out,  'CREATE TABLE [`"]admin_scripts_article[`"]')
         self.assertNoOutput(err)
 
     def test_builtin_with_bad_settings(self):