diff --git a/reframe/frontend/statistics.py b/reframe/frontend/statistics.py
index 4c3fb49537..5ac29ec0c6 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/statistics.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/statistics.py
@@ -235,7 +235,14 @@ def print_failure_report(self, printer):
                          f"{r['dependencies_actual']}")
             printer.info(f"  * Maintainers: {r['maintainers']}")
             printer.info(f"  * Failing phase: {r['fail_phase']}")
-            printer.info(f"  * Rerun with '-n {r['unique_name']}"
+            if rt.runtime().get_option('general/0/compact_test_names'):
+                cls = r['display_name'].split(' ')[0]
+                variant = r['unique_name'].replace(cls, '').replace('_', '@')
+                nameoptarg = cls + variant
+            else:
+                nameoptarg = r['unique_name']
+
+            printer.info(f"  * Rerun with '-n {nameoptarg}"
                          f" -p {r['environment']} --system {r['system']} -r'")
             printer.info(f"  * Reason: {r['fail_reason']}")