diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 65bc19f77b..12592e5c61 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ BASICTOOLS=(
     umount
     uname
     unshare
+    wc
     xargs
     xzcat
 )