diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysql.test b/mysql-test/t/mysql.test
index cffa6392fa3..32fdc4b8eed 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysql.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysql.test
@@ -385,7 +385,10 @@ drop tables t1, t2;
 #
 # Bug #27884: mysql --html does not quote HTML special characters in output
 # 
---exec $MYSQL --html test -e "select '< & >' as '<'"
+--write_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/bug27884.sql
+SELECT '< & >' AS `<`;
+EOF
+--exec $MYSQL --html test < $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/bug27884.sql
 
 #
 # Bug #27884: mysql client + null byte