diff --git a/client/mysqltest.cc b/client/mysqltest.cc
index 806f35bb85a..1661385162c 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.cc
+++ b/client/mysqltest.cc
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ TYPELIB command_typelib= {array_elements(command_names),"",
 DYNAMIC_STRING ds_res;
 /* Points to ds_warning in run_query, so it can be freed */
 DYNAMIC_STRING *ds_warn= 0;
+struct st_command *curr_command= 0;
 
 char builtin_echo[FN_REFLEN];
 
@@ -2400,9 +2401,16 @@ void var_query_set(VAR *var, const char *query, const char** query_end)
   init_dynamic_string(&ds_query, 0, (end - query) + 32, 256);
   do_eval(&ds_query, query, end, FALSE);
 
-  if (mysql_real_query(mysql, ds_query.str, ds_query.length))
-    die("Error running query '%s': %d %s", ds_query.str,
-	mysql_errno(mysql), mysql_error(mysql));
+  if (mysql_real_query(mysql, ds_query.str, ds_query.length)) 
+  {
+    handle_error (curr_command, mysql_errno(mysql), mysql_error(mysql),
+                  mysql_sqlstate(mysql), &ds_res);
+    /* If error was acceptable, return empty string */
+    dynstr_free(&ds_query);
+    eval_expr(var, "", 0);
+    DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
+  }
+  
   if (!(res= mysql_store_result(mysql)))
     die("Query '%s' didn't return a result set", ds_query.str);
   dynstr_free(&ds_query);
@@ -2556,8 +2564,15 @@ void var_set_query_get_value(struct st_command *command, VAR *var)
 
   /* Run the query */
   if (mysql_real_query(mysql, ds_query.str, ds_query.length))
-    die("Error running query '%s': %d %s", ds_query.str,
-	mysql_errno(mysql), mysql_error(mysql));
+  {
+    handle_error (curr_command, mysql_errno(mysql), mysql_error(mysql),
+                  mysql_sqlstate(mysql), &ds_res);
+    /* If error was acceptable, return empty string */
+    dynstr_free(&ds_query);
+    eval_expr(var, "", 0);
+    DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
+  }
+
   if (!(res= mysql_store_result(mysql)))
     die("Query '%s' didn't return a result set", ds_query.str);
 
@@ -8555,6 +8570,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
       command->last_argument= command->first_argument;
       processed = 1;
+      /* Need to remember this for handle_error() */
+      curr_command= command;
       switch (command->type) {
       case Q_CONNECT:
         do_connect(command);
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index a2ab040d17c..401b3ab2b5a 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -2378,6 +2378,12 @@ sub environment_setup {
   $ENV{'MYSQL_PLUGIN'}=             $exe_mysql_plugin;
   $ENV{'MYSQL_EMBEDDED'}=           $exe_mysql_embedded;
 
+  my $exe_mysqld= find_mysqld($basedir);
+  $ENV{'MYSQLD'}= $exe_mysqld;
+  my $extra_opts= join (" ", @opt_extra_mysqld_opt);
+  $ENV{'MYSQLD_CMD'}= "$exe_mysqld --defaults-group-suffix=.1 ".
+    "--defaults-file=$path_config_file $extra_opts";
+
   # ----------------------------------------------------
   # bug25714 executable may _not_ exist in
   # some versions, test using it should be skipped
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
index 2dfb0e88f6e..003388be2cf 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ select 1146 as "after_!errno_masked_error" ;
 after_!errno_masked_error
 1146
 mysqltest: At line 1: query 'select 3 from t1' failed with wrong errno 1146: 'Table 'test.t1' doesn't exist', instead of 1000...
+ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'garbage' at line 1
+ is empty
+ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'nonsense' at line 1
+ is empty
 garbage ;
 ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'garbage' at line 1
 ER_PARSE_ERROR
@@ -179,6 +183,9 @@ case
 name
 abc
 xyz
+ is empty
+ is empty
+"Yes it's empty"
 hello
 hello
 ;;;;;;;;
@@ -351,7 +358,7 @@ insert into t1 values ('$dollar');
 $dollar
 `select 42`
 drop table t1;
-mysqltest: At line 1: Error running query 'failing query': 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'failing query' at line 1
+mysqltest: At line 1: query 'let $var2= `failing query`' failed: 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'failing query' at line 1
 mysqltest: At line 1: Missing required argument 'filename' to command 'source'
 mysqltest: At line 1: Could not open './non_existingFile' for reading, errno: 2
 mysqltest: In included file "MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/recursive.sql": 
@@ -883,7 +890,7 @@ mysqltest: At line 1: Could not find column 'column_not_exists' in the result of
 mysqltest: At line 1: Query 'SET @A = 1' didn't return a result set
 mysqltest: At line 1: Could not find column '1 AS B' in the result of 'SELECT 1 AS A'
 value= No such row
-mysqltest: At line 1: Error running query 'SHOW COLNS FROM t1': 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'COLNS FROM t1' at line 1
+mysqltest: At line 1: query 'let $value= query_get_value(SHOW COLNS FROM t1, Field, 1)' failed: 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'COLNS FROM t1' at line 1
 
 Field Type Null Key Default Extra
 a int(11) YES -><- NULL 
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated_plugin.test b/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated_plugin.test
index 6e5152df17c..8c465095cfa 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated_plugin.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated_plugin.test
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 --source include/have_federated_plugin.inc
 
+# Uninstall will not uninstall if ps has been used
+--disable_ps_protocol
+
 connect (master,localhost,root,,test,$MASTER_MYPORT,);
 connect (slave,localhost,root,,test,$SLAVE_MYPORT,);
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
index 6279a392119..a363038dee3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
@@ -353,6 +353,14 @@ eval select $mysql_errno as "after_!errno_masked_error" ;
   exit(2);
 EOF
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Check backtick and query_get_value, result should be empty
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let $empty= `garbage`;
+echo $empty is empty;
+let $empty= query_get_value(nonsense, blabla, 1);
+echo $empty is empty;
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Switch the abort on error on and check the effect on $mysql_errno
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -432,6 +440,23 @@ select "CASE" as "LOWER";
 --disable_query_log ONCE
 select "xyz" as name union select "abc" as name order by name desc;
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Test --error with backtick operator or query_get_value
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--error 0,ER_NO_SUCH_TABLE
+let $empty= `SELECT foo from bar`;
+echo $empty is empty;
+
+--error 0,ER_BAD_FIELD_ERROR
+let $empty= query_get_value(SELECT bar as foo, baz, 1);
+echo $empty is empty;
+
+--error 0,ER_NO_SUCH_TABLE
+if (!`SELECT foo from bar`) {
+  echo "Yes it's empty";
+}
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test comments
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------