diff --git a/tests/all/cli_tests.rs b/tests/all/cli_tests.rs
index ee8d0419a0e1..820f35d38873 100644
--- a/tests/all/cli_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/all/cli_tests.rs
@@ -812,14 +812,21 @@ fn run_basic_component() -> Result<()> {
 #[test]
 fn run_wasi_http_module() -> Result<()> {
     let wasm = build_wasm("tests/all/cli_tests/wasi-http.wat")?;
-    let stdout = run_wasmtime(&[
-        "--preview2",
-        "--wasi-modules",
-        "experimental-wasi-http",
-        "--disable-cache",
-        wasm.path().to_str().unwrap(),
-    ])?;
-    assert_eq!(stdout, "Called _start\n");
+    let output = run_wasmtime_for_output(
+        &[
+            "--preview2",
+            "--wasi-modules",
+            "experimental-wasi-http",
+            "--disable-cache",
+            wasm.path().to_str().unwrap(),
+        ],
+        None,
+    )?;
+    println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+    assert!(String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+        .unwrap()
+        .starts_with("Called _start\n"));
+    assert!(!output.status.success());
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/all/cli_tests/wasi-http.wat b/tests/all/cli_tests/wasi-http.wat
index cb9bb8babd00..9f5d51979426 100644
--- a/tests/all/cli_tests/wasi-http.wat
+++ b/tests/all/cli_tests/wasi-http.wat
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 (module
+  (import "wasi_snapshot_preview1" "proc_exit"
+    (func $__wasi_proc_exit (param i32)))
   (import "wasi:io/streams" "write"
     (func $__wasi_io_streams_write (param i32 i32 i32 i32)))
   (import "wasi:io/streams" "blocking-write"
@@ -60,8 +62,10 @@
     (call $__wasi_http_types_drop_fields (local.get $headers_id))
     (call $__wasi_http_types_drop_outgoing_request (local.get $request_id))
 
-    (call $print (i32.const 64) (i32.const 0))
+    (call $print (i32.const 64) (i32.const 5))
     (drop (call $__wasi_io_streams_subscribe_to_output_stream (i32.const 4)))
+
+    (call $__wasi_proc_exit (i32.const 1))
   )
 
   ;; A helper function for printing ptr-len strings.
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@
   (export "_start" (func $_start))
   (export "cabi_realloc" (func $cabi_realloc))
   (data (i32.const 32) "Called _start\0a")
-  (data (i32.const 64) "")
+  (data (i32.const 64) "Done\0a")
   (data (i32.const 96) "www.example.com")
   (data (i32.const 128) "body")
 )