diff --git a/t/sanity.t b/t/sanity.t
index 003c069..d92a9b3 100644
--- a/t/sanity.t
+++ b/t/sanity.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use Test::More tests => 1;
-use Test::Differences;
+use Text::Diff;
 
 sub shell (@);
 sub cd ($);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ open $in, "../t/help.txt" or
 my $expected = do { local $/; <$in> };
 close $in;
 
-eq_or_diff $got, $expected, "--help ok";
+is_diff($got, $expected, "--help ok");
 
 sub shell (@) {
     print "@_\n";
@@ -38,3 +38,14 @@ sub cd ($) {
     chdir $dir or die "failed to cd $dir: $!\n";
 }
 
+sub is_diff {
+    my ($actual, $expected, $name) = @_;
+
+    if (!defined $name) {
+        $name = '';
+    }
+
+    ok $actual eq $expected,
+       $name . "\n" . Text::Diff::diff(\$expected, \$actual);
+}
+