diff --git a/test/elf/compressed-debug-info-i386.sh b/test/elf/compressed-debug-info-i386.sh
index 20dd0af8fc..f6e9a49479 100755
--- a/test/elf/compressed-debug-info-i386.sh
+++ b/test/elf/compressed-debug-info-i386.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash -x
 export LANG=
 set -e
 CC="${CC:-cc}"
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ mkdir -p $t
 
 which dwarfdump >& /dev/null || { echo skipped; exit; }
 
-cat <<EOF | $CXX -c -o $t/a.o -g -gz=zlib-gnu -xc++ - -m32
+cat <<EOF | $CXX -m32 -c -o $t/a.o -g -gz=zlib-gnu -xc++ -
 int main() {
   return 0;
 }
 EOF
 
-cat <<EOF | $CXX -c -o $t/b.o -g -gz=zlib -xc++ - -m32
+cat <<EOF | $CXX -m32 -c -o $t/b.o -g -gz=zlib -xc++ -
 int foo() {
   return 0;
 }
 EOF
 
-$CC -B. -o $t/exe $t/a.o $t/b.o -m32
+$CXX -B. -m32 -o $t/exe $t/a.o $t/b.o
 dwarfdump $t/exe > /dev/null
 readelf --sections $t/exe | fgrep -q .debug_info