diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync.js
index a7cbb8d1dfb7a7..4ed29646dd8094 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var ret = spawnSync('sleep', ['1']);
 var stop = process.hrtime(start);
 assert.strictEqual(ret.status, 0, 'exit status should be zero');
 console.log('sleep exited', stop);
-assert.strictEqual(stop[0], 1, 'sleep should not take longer or less than 1 second');
+assert.ok(stop[0] >= 1, 'sleep should not take less than 1 second');
 
 // Error test when command does not exist
 var ret_err = spawnSync('command_does_not_exist');