diff --git a/chapter08/gawk.xml b/chapter08/gawk.xml
index 192cc9f32..3e177948e 100644
--- a/chapter08/gawk.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gawk.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>