diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
index 2babaabc24c..12714ddc1ad 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use File::Basename;
 use strict;
 
 sub collect_test_cases ($);
-sub collect_one_test_case ($$$$$);
+sub collect_one_test_case ($$$$$$);
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -46,18 +46,36 @@ sub collect_test_cases ($) {
       {
         mtr_error("Test case $tname ($testdir/$elem) is not found");
       }
-      collect_one_test_case($testdir,$resdir,$tname,$elem,$cases);
+      collect_one_test_case($testdir,$resdir,$tname,$elem,$cases,{});
     }
     closedir TESTDIR;
   }
   else
   {
+    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Skip some tests listed in disabled.def
+    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    my %skiplist;
+    my $skipfile= "$testdir/disabled.def";
+    if ( open(SKIPFILE, $skipfile) )
+    {
+      while ( <SKIPFILE> )
+      {
+        chomp;
+        if ( /^\s*(\S+)\s*:\s*(.*?)\s*$/ )
+        {
+          $skiplist{$1}= $2;
+        }
+      }
+      close SKIPFILE;
+    }
+
     foreach my $elem ( sort readdir(TESTDIR) ) {
       my $tname= mtr_match_extension($elem,"test");
       next if ! defined $tname;
       next if $::opt_do_test and ! defined mtr_match_prefix($elem,$::opt_do_test);
 
-      collect_one_test_case($testdir,$resdir,$tname,$elem,$cases);
+      collect_one_test_case($testdir,$resdir,$tname,$elem,$cases,\%skiplist);
     }
     closedir TESTDIR;
   }
@@ -95,12 +113,13 @@ sub collect_test_cases ($) {
 ##############################################################################
 
 
-sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$) {
+sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$$) {
   my $testdir= shift;
   my $resdir=  shift;
   my $tname=   shift;
   my $elem=    shift;
   my $cases=   shift;
+  my $skiplist=shift;
 
   my $path= "$testdir/$elem";
 
@@ -272,6 +291,14 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$) {
     }
   }
 
+  # FIXME why this late?
+  if ( $skiplist->{$tname} )
+  {
+    $tinfo->{'skip'}= 1;
+    $tinfo->{'disable'}= 1;   # Sub type of 'skip'
+    $tinfo->{'comment'}= $skiplist->{$tname} if $skiplist->{$tname};
+  }
+
   if ( -f $disabled )
   {
     $tinfo->{'skip'}= 1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ps_1general.result b/mysql-test/r/ps_1general.result
index 75824aa7213..f2d60ac5025 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ps_1general.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ps_1general.result
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ t2	1	t2_idx	1	b	A	NULL	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE
 prepare stmt4 from ' show table status from test like ''t2%'' ';
 execute stmt4;
 Name	Engine	Version	Row_format	Rows	Avg_row_length	Data_length	Max_data_length	Index_length	Data_free	Auto_increment	Create_time	Update_time	Check_time	Collation	Checksum	Create_options	Comment
-t2	MyISAM	10	Fixed	0	0	0	4222124650659839	1024	0	NULL	#	#	#	latin1_swedish_ci	NULL		
+t2	MyISAM	10	Fixed	0	0	0	#	1024	0	NULL	#	#	#	latin1_swedish_ci	NULL		
 prepare stmt4 from ' show table status from test like ''t9%'' ';
 execute stmt4;
 Name	Engine	Version	Row_format	Rows	Avg_row_length	Data_length	Max_data_length	Index_length	Data_free	Auto_increment	Create_time	Update_time	Check_time	Collation	Checksum	Create_options	Comment
-t9	MyISAM	10	Dynamic	2	216	432	281474976710655	2048	0	NULL	#	#	#	latin1_swedish_ci	NULL		
+t9	MyISAM	10	Dynamic	2	216	432	#	2048	0	NULL	#	#	#	latin1_swedish_ci	NULL		
 prepare stmt4 from ' show status like ''Threads_running'' ';
 execute stmt4;
 Variable_name	Value
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test b/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test
index 1c247240eb9..ab133e4c347 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test
@@ -307,15 +307,13 @@ prepare stmt4 from ' show index from t2 from test ';
 execute stmt4;
 prepare stmt4 from ' show table status from test like ''t2%'' ';
 # egalize date and time values
---replace_column 12 # 13 # 14 #
---replace_result 2147483647 64424509439
+--replace_column 8 # 12 # 13 # 14 #
 # Bug#4288 : prepared statement 'show table status ..', wrong output on execute
 execute stmt4;
 # try the same with the big table
 prepare stmt4 from ' show table status from test like ''t9%'' ';
 # egalize date and time values
---replace_column 12 # 13 # 14 #
---replace_result 2147483647 4294967295
+--replace_column 8 # 12 # 13 # 14 #
 # Bug#4288
 execute stmt4;
 prepare stmt4 from ' show status like ''Threads_running'' ';