diff --git a/tests/manual/fakevim/runremotely.sh b/tests/manual/fakevim/runremotely.sh
index 927c8aec9d91c779d627f4eb0dd3ff0c18303b42..c2c47955fae0703052dbd5af6c07061f6b068256 100755
--- a/tests/manual/fakevim/runremotely.sh
+++ b/tests/manual/fakevim/runremotely.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ qtlibs=`ldd ${executable} | grep libQt | sed -e 's/^.*=> \(.*\) (.*)$/\1/'`
 ssh ${account} "mkdir -p ${targetdir}"
 scp ${executable} ${qtlibs} ${account}:${targetdir}
 ssh ${account} "chrpath -r ${targetdir} ${targetdir}/*"
-ssh ${account} "gdbserver localhost:5555 ${targetdir}/${exename}"
+ssh -X ${account} "gdbserver localhost:5555 ${targetdir}/${exename}"
 ssh ${account} "rm ${targetdir}/* ; rmdir ${targetdir}"