diff --git a/bin/mktestsuite b/bin/mktestsuite
index 99edeaae473d24aba48fb8c51e35664133420398..9985e51afeae7fadffbe4b4d1bf9204980cffaad 100755
--- a/bin/mktestsuite
+++ b/bin/mktestsuite
@@ -278,5 +278,5 @@ test_equal(max(\$2,\$1,\$3), \$3)
 
 include($1)
 EOF
-) | (shift ; $M4 -d "$@" - )
+) | (shift ; $M4 -daqe "$@" - )
 exit $?