diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 434a443..34fd512 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #9628: fix runtests.sh -x option so more than one test can be excluded.
+
 - Issue #9899: Fix test_tkinter.test_font on various platforms.  Patch by
   Ned Deily.
 
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
index 2d3cfc8..d7b4646 100755
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     TESTS=`(cd Lib/test; ls test_*.py | sed 's/\.py//')`
     ;;
 *-x)
-    PAT="^(`echo $@ | sed 's/\.py//' | sed 's/ /|/'`)$"
+    PAT="^(`echo $@ | sed 's/\.py//g' | sed 's/ /|/g'`)$"
     TESTS=`(cd Lib/test; ls test_*.py | sed 's/\.py//' | egrep -v "$PAT")`
     ;;
 *)