diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test_thread.pgc b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test_thread.pgc
index a545942f9a4..46a371a6f89 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test_thread.pgc
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test_thread.pgc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
   /* setup test_thread table */
-  EXEC SQL CONNECT TO:l_dbname;
+  EXEC SQL CONNECT TO :l_dbname;
   EXEC SQL DROP TABLE test_thread; /* DROP might fail */
   EXEC SQL COMMIT;
   EXEC SQL CREATE TABLE