diff --git a/recipes/eagle2/meta.yaml b/recipes/eagle2/meta.yaml
index 86f0815a78f6e..2f3379c57afa8 100644
--- a/recipes/eagle2/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/eagle2/meta.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   commands:
-    - eagle
+    - eagle -h
     - ls
     - eagle --vcfRef=Eagle-{{ version }}/example/ref.bcf --vcfTarget=Eagle-{{ version }}/example/target.vcf.gz --geneticMapFile=Eagle-{{ version }}/tables/genetic_map_hg19_example.txt.gz --outPrefix=target.phased
     - eagle --bfile=Eagle-{{ version }}/example/EUR_test --geneticMapFile=USE_BIM --chrom=21 --outPrefix=phased --numThreads=4 --v1fast