diff --git a/src/testdir/test_terminal.vim b/src/testdir/test_terminal.vim
index ea7d4b1..821154a 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_terminal.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_terminal.vim
@@ -643,19 +643,17 @@
 endfunc
 
 func Test_terminal_no_cmd()
-  " Does not work on Mac.
-  if has('mac')
-    return
-  endif
   let buf = term_start('NONE', {})
   call assert_notequal(0, buf)
 
   let pty = job_info(term_getjob(buf))['tty_out']
   call assert_notequal('', pty)
-  if has('win32')
-    silent exe '!start cmd /c "echo look here > ' . pty . '"'
-  else
+  if has('gui_running') && !has('win32')
+    " In the GUI job_start() doesn't work, it does not read from the pty.
     call system('echo "look here" > ' . pty)
+  else
+    " Otherwise using a job works on all systems.
+    call job_start([&shell, &shellcmdflag, 'echo "look here" > ' . pty])
   endif
   call WaitForAssert({-> assert_match('look here', term_getline(buf, 1))})