diff --git a/include/tests_homedirs b/include/tests_homedirs
index c634cb44..d3c2e2af 100644
--- a/include/tests_homedirs
+++ b/include/tests_homedirs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ EOF
             LogText "Test: checking directory '${DIR}' for user '${USER}'"
             if [ -d "${DIR}" ]; then
                 OWNER=$(ls -ld ${DIR} | awk -F" " '{ print $3 }')
-                if [ ! "${OWNER}" = "${USER}" ]; then
+                if [ ! "$(id -u "${OWNER}")" = "$(id -u "${USER}")" ]; then
                     LogText "Result: the home directory ${DIR} of user ${USER} is owned by ${OWNER}. Correct: chown ${USER} ${DIR}" 
                     FOUND=1
                 else