diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh
index e03edf7d040..7334df93ca5 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ if ! grep MAGICKEYWORD "${temp_log}"; then
 fi
 
 # test for https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/13681
-if grep '127\.0\.0\.1' "${temp_log}"; then
+if egrep '127\.0\.0\.1.*ok' "${temp_log}"; then
     echo "Found host 127.0.0.1 in output. Only localhost should be present."
     exit 1
 fi
+# make sure one host was run
+if ! egrep 'localhost.*ok' "${temp_log}"; then
+    echo "Did not find host localhost in output."
+    exit 1
+fi