diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19f52d0d..899aadfc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ this project uses date-based 'snapshot' version identifiers.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Handling of ASCII engines
 - Execution of all tests by `ctan` target (see #85)
 
 ## [2019-02-06]
diff --git a/l3build-check.lua b/l3build-check.lua
index 711d3673..96c5d719 100644
--- a/l3build-check.lua
+++ b/l3build-check.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --[[
 
-File l3build-check.lua Copyright (C) 2018 The LaTeX3 Project
+File l3build-check.lua Copyright (C) 2018,2019 The LaTeX3 Project
 
 It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the
 LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), either version 1.3c of this
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ function runtest(name, engine, hide, ext, pdfmode, breakout)
   local npffile = basename .. "." .. engine .. pdfext
   local asciiopt = ""
   for _,i in ipairs(asciiengines) do
-    if realengine == i then
+    if binary == i then
       asciiopt = "-translate-file ./ascii.tcx "
       break
     end