diff --git a/sycl/test/esimd/vadd.cpp b/sycl/test/esimd/vadd.cpp
index aa242f40ea250..29afedbea0618 100644
--- a/sycl/test/esimd/vadd.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test/esimd/vadd.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl %s -o %t.out
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fsycl-explicit-simd %s -o %t.out
 // RUN: %RUN_ON_HOST %t.out
 
 // Check that the code compiles with -O0 and -g