diff --git a/include/tests_homedirs b/include/tests_homedirs
index 77de47f4..ab3e14f0 100644
--- a/include/tests_homedirs
+++ b/include/tests_homedirs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ EOF
                 # Solaris doesn't support -maxdepth
                 FIND=$(${FINDBINARY} ${HOMEDIRS} -name ".*history" ! -type f -print)
             else
-                FIND=$(${FINDBINARY} ${HOMEDIRS} -maxdepth 1 -name ".*history" ! -type f -print)
+                FIND=$(${FINDBINARY} ${HOMEDIRS} -maxdepth 2 -name ".*history" ! -type f -print)
             fi
             if [ -z "${FIND}" ]; then
                 Display --indent 2 --text "- Checking shell history files" --result "${STATUS_OK}" --color GREEN