diff --git a/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl b/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
index d7e20f0ac61..44997467bf2 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
+++ b/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@ psql_like(
 	'\timing on
 SELECT 1',
 	qr/^1$
-^Time: \d+\.\d\d\d ms/m,
+^Time: \d+[.,]\d\d\d ms/m,
 	'\timing with successful query');
 
 # test \timing with query that fails
 {
 	my ($ret, $stdout, $stderr) = $node->psql('postgres', "\\timing on\nSELECT error");
 	isnt($ret, 0, '\timing with query error: query failed');
-	like($stdout, qr/^Time: \d+\.\d\d\d ms/m, '\timing with query error: timing output appears');
-	unlike($stdout, qr/^Time: 0\.000 ms/m, '\timing with query error: timing was updated');
+	like($stdout, qr/^Time: \d+[.,]\d\d\d ms/m, '\timing with query error: timing output appears');
+	unlike($stdout, qr/^Time: 0[.,]000 ms/m, '\timing with query error: timing was updated');
 }
 
 # test that ENCODING variable is set and that it is updated when