diff --git a/tests/data/test706 b/tests/data/test706
index 330cb23937..b0531e7883 100644
--- a/tests/data/test706
+++ b/tests/data/test706
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SOCKS4
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTP server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 .
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..
diff --git a/tests/data/test707 b/tests/data/test707
index c3a862178a..d4c3ab7c67 100644
--- a/tests/data/test707
+++ b/tests/data/test707
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SOCKS5
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTP server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 .
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..