diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index 1716de3532..df9ec70f3d 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ LIBDNS_EXTERNAL_DATA extern unsigned int dns_zone_mkey_month;
 static bool	want_stats = false;
 static char		program_name[NAME_MAX] = "named";
 static char		absolute_conffile[PATH_MAX];
-static char		saved_command_line[8192] =  { 0 };
+static char		saved_command_line[4096] = { 0 };
 static char		ellipsis[5] = { 0 };
 static char		version[512];
 static unsigned int	maxsocks = 0;
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
index f65ad20b85..e43e96e0ba 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ LONG_CMD_LINE=$(cat long-cmd-line)
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 (cd ns2 && $NAMED $LONG_CMD_LINE -c "named-alt7.conf" -g > named$n.run 2>&1 &)
 wait_for_named "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
-#grep "running as.*\.\.\.$" ns2/named$n.run > /dev/null || ret=1
-echo_i "skipped - the ellipsis is currently not printed"
+grep "running as.*\.\.\.$" ns2/named$n.run > /dev/null || ret=1
 kill_named ns2/named.pid || ret=1
 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status+ret))