diff --git a/tests/emcute/README.md b/tests/emcute/README.md
index fc310d3659..ab891133e4 100644
--- a/tests/emcute/README.md
+++ b/tests/emcute/README.md
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ This is a test application for emcute. It is supposed to be run with the test
 scripts in `tests/`:
 
 ```
-BOARD="<your choice> make flash test"
+BOARD="<your choice> make flash test-as-root"
 ```