diff --git a/runtest.c b/runtest.c
index d03322d..897cb9b 100644
--- a/runtest.c
+++ b/runtest.c
@@ -4306,7 +4306,7 @@
 		testErrorsSize = 0;
 		testErrors[0] = 0;
 		res = tst->func(globbuf.gl_pathv[i], result, error,
-		                tst->options);
+		                tst->options | XML_PARSE_COMPACT);
 		xmlResetLastError();
 		if (res != 0) {
 		    fprintf(stderr, "File %s generated an error\n",