diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/files/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/files/run-ptest
index 2cb892b187..03a97595f9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/files/run-ptest
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/files/run-ptest
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 cd src
-ctest --force-new-ctest-process | sed -u 's/\*\*\*/   /g' | awk '/Test +#/{gsub(/Passed/,"PASS"); gsub(/Failed/,"FAIL"); gsub(/Skipped/,"SKIP"); print $6": "$4; fflush();}'
+# ctest result lines look like: "1/3 Test #1: jsoncpp_test .....   Passed    0.01 sec"
+# anything other than Passed/Skipped/Disabled (Failed, Timeout, Exception, Not Run) is a FAIL
+ctest --force-new-ctest-process | awk '/Test +#[0-9]+:/ {
+    if ($0 ~ /Passed/) res = "PASS"
+    else if ($0 ~ /Skipped|Disabled/) res = "SKIP"
+    else res = "FAIL"
+    print res ": " $4; fflush()
+}'