diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 1f061d49..dc8fd405 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def assert_body(value)
-    assert_equal value.lstrip.gsub(/\s*\n\s*/, ""), body.lstrip.gsub(/\s*\n\s*/, "")
+    if value.respond_to? :to_str
+      assert_equal value.lstrip.gsub(/\s*\n\s*/, ""), body.lstrip.gsub(/\s*\n\s*/, "")
+    else
+      assert_match value, body
+    end
   end
 
   def assert_status(expected)
diff --git a/test/rdoc_test.rb b/test/rdoc_test.rb
index d28b16ad..0d588563 100644
--- a/test/rdoc_test.rb
+++ b/test/rdoc_test.rb
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ class RdocTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   it 'renders inline rdoc strings' do
     rdoc_app { rdoc '= Hiya' }
     assert ok?
-    assert_body "<h1>Hiya</h1>"
+    assert_body /<h1[^>]*>Hiya<\/h1>/
   end
 
   it 'renders .rdoc files in views path' do
     rdoc_app { rdoc :hello }
     assert ok?
-    assert_body "<h1>Hello From RDoc</h1>"
+    assert_body /<h1[^>]*>Hello From RDoc<\/h1>/
   end
 
   it "raises error if template not found" do