diff --git a/testsuite/tests/index/git-local/test.py b/testsuite/tests/index/git-local/test.py
index 5a73d98e6..13fa68c19 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/index/git-local/test.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/index/git-local/test.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ def run(*args, **kwargs):
     return sp
 
 def check_index_is_configured(name, url, path):
+    # On MacOS, /var/ is a symlink for /private/var/. Since the full match
+    # string below prepends a ".*", "/var" will match both.
+    path = path.removeprefix("/private")
     assert_match(
         rf".*\d+.*{re.escape(name)}.*{re.escape(url)}.*{re.escape(path)}",
         run_alr("index", "--list").out