diff --git a/test/d_do_test.d b/test/d_do_test.d
index c7a5d2cf1153..7276a540628c 100755
--- a/test/d_do_test.d
+++ b/test/d_do_test.d
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ int tryMain(string[] args)
         {
             case "win32": envData.ccompiler = "dmc"; break;
             case "win64": envData.ccompiler = `\"Program Files (x86)"\"Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0"\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe`; break;
-            default:      envData.ccompiler = "g++"; break;
+            default:      envData.ccompiler = "c++"; break;
         }
     }
     bool msc = envData.ccompiler.toLower.endsWith("cl.exe");