diff --git a/tests/test1175.pl b/tests/test1175.pl
index ec1c0ada75..65c2e54db6 100755
--- a/tests/test1175.pl
+++ b/tests/test1175.pl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings 'FATAL' => 'all';
 
 # we may get the dir root pointed out
-my $root=$ARGV[0] || ".";
+my $root = $ARGV[0] || ".";
 
 my %error; # from the include file
 my %docs; # from libcurl-errors.3