diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 0a5778285ea..d9b8030696d 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -310,8 +310,9 @@ case $SYSTEM_TYPE in
         fi
         ;;
       *)
+        # Just to be safe, we test for ".so" anyway
         if test \( -f "$mysql_zlib_dir/lib/libz.a"  -o -f "$mysql_zlib_dir/lib/libz.so" -o \
-                   -f "$mysql_zlib_dir/lib/libz.sl" -o -f "$mysql_zlib_dir/lib/libz.dylib" \) \
+                   -f "$mysql_zlib_dir/lib/libz$shrext_cmds" \) \
                 -a -f "$mysql_zlib_dir/include/zlib.h"; then
           ZLIB_INCLUDES="-I$mysql_zlib_dir/include"
           ZLIB_LIBS="-L$mysql_zlib_dir/lib -lz"
@@ -976,7 +977,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([MYSQL_FIND_OPENSSL], [
       for d in /usr/ssl/lib /usr/local/ssl/lib /usr/lib/openssl \
 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /opt/ssl/lib /opt/openssl/lib \
 /usr/freeware/lib32 /usr/local/lib/ ; do
-      if test -f $d/libssl.a || test -f $d/libssl.so || test -f $d/libssl.dylib ; then
+      # Just to be safe, we test for ".so" anyway
+      if test -f $d/libssl.a || test -f $d/libssl.so || test -f $d/libssl$shrext_cmds ; then
         OPENSSL_LIB=$d
       fi
       done
@@ -988,7 +990,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([MYSQL_FIND_OPENSSL], [
       if test -f $incs/openssl/ssl.h  ; then
         OPENSSL_INCLUDE=-I$incs
       fi
-      if test -f $libs/libssl.a || test -f $libs/libssl.so || test -f $libs/libssl.dylib ; then
+      # Just to be safe, we test for ".so" anyway
+      if test -f $libs/libssl.a || test -f $libs/libssl.so || test -f $libs/libssl$shrext_cmds ; then
         OPENSSL_LIB=$libs
       fi
       ;;
diff --git a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
index 6ce4c1e0da8..c655910dc2c 100644
--- a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,31 @@ case "$1" in
       ;;
 esac
 
+usage () {
+        cat <<EOF
+Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]
+  --no-defaults              Don't read the system defaults file
+  --defaults-file=FILE       Use the specified defaults file
+  --defaults-extra-file=FILE Also use defaults from the specified file
+  --ledir=DIRECTORY          Look for mysqld in the specified directory
+  --err-log=FILE             Obsolete, use '--log-error'
+  --log-error=FILE           Log errors to the specified log file
+  --open-files=LIMIT         Obsolete, use '--open-files-limit'
+  --open-files-limit=LIMIT   Limit the number of open files
+  --core-file-size=LIMIT     Limit core files to the specified size
+  --timezone=TZ              Set the system timezone
+  --mysqld=FILE              Use the specified file as mysqld
+  --mysqld-version=VERSION   Use "mysqld-VERSION" as mysqld
+  --nice=NICE                Set the scheduling priority of mysqld
+  --skip-kill-mysqld         Don't try to kill stray mysqld processes
+
+All other options are passed to the mysqld program.
+
+EOF
+        exit 1
+}
+
+
 parse_arguments() {
   # We only need to pass arguments through to the server if we don't
   # handle them here.  So, we collect unrecognized options (passed on
@@ -72,6 +97,9 @@ parse_arguments() {
 	fi
 	;;
       --nice=*) niceness=`echo "$arg" | sed -e "s;--nice=;;"` ;;
+      --help)
+        usage
+        ;;
       *)
         if test -n "$pick_args"
         then