diff --git a/client/mysqltest.cc b/client/mysqltest.cc
index 8de2f0c79b0..cfcabb5a5ab 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.cc
+++ b/client/mysqltest.cc
@@ -3632,49 +3632,58 @@ void do_perl(struct st_command *command)
                      sizeof(perl_args)/sizeof(struct command_arg),
                      ' ');
 
-  /* If no delimiter was provided, use EOF */
-  if (ds_delimiter.length == 0)
-    dynstr_set(&ds_delimiter, "EOF");
-
-  init_dynamic_string(&ds_script, "", 1024, 1024);
-  read_until_delimiter(&ds_script, &ds_delimiter);
-
-  DBUG_PRINT("info", ("Executing perl: %s", ds_script.str));
-
-  /* Create temporary file name */
-  if ((fd= create_temp_file(temp_file_path, getenv("MYSQLTEST_VARDIR"),
-                            "tmp", O_CREAT | O_SHARE | O_RDWR,
-                            MYF(MY_WME))) < 0)
-    die("Failed to create temporary file for perl command");
-  my_close(fd, MYF(0));
-
-  str_to_file(temp_file_path, ds_script.str, ds_script.length);
-
-  /* Format the "perl <filename>" command */
-  my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "perl %s", temp_file_path);
-
-  if (!(res_file= popen(buf, "r")) && command->abort_on_error)
-    die("popen(\"%s\", \"r\") failed", buf);
-
-  while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), res_file))
+  ds_script= command->content;
+  /* If it hasn't been done already by a loop iteration, fill it in */
+  if (! ds_script.str)
   {
-    if (disable_result_log)
-    {
-      buf[strlen(buf)-1]=0;
-      DBUG_PRINT("exec_result",("%s", buf));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      replace_dynstr_append(&ds_res, buf);
-    }
+    /* If no delimiter was provided, use EOF */
+    if (ds_delimiter.length == 0)
+      dynstr_set(&ds_delimiter, "EOF");
+
+    init_dynamic_string(&ds_script, "", 1024, 1024);
+    read_until_delimiter(&ds_script, &ds_delimiter);
+    command->content= ds_script;
   }
-  error= pclose(res_file);
 
-  /* Remove the temporary file */
-  my_delete(temp_file_path, MYF(0));
+  /* This function could be called even if "false", so check before doing */
+  if (cur_block->ok)
+  {
+    DBUG_PRINT("info", ("Executing perl: %s", ds_script.str));
 
-  handle_command_error(command, WEXITSTATUS(error));
-  dynstr_free(&ds_script);
+    /* Create temporary file name */
+    if ((fd= create_temp_file(temp_file_path, getenv("MYSQLTEST_VARDIR"),
+                              "tmp", O_CREAT | O_SHARE | O_RDWR,
+                              MYF(MY_WME))) < 0)
+      die("Failed to create temporary file for perl command");
+    my_close(fd, MYF(0));
+
+    str_to_file(temp_file_path, ds_script.str, ds_script.length);
+
+    /* Format the "perl <filename>" command */
+    my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "perl %s", temp_file_path);
+
+    if (!(res_file= popen(buf, "r")) && command->abort_on_error)
+     die("popen(\"%s\", \"r\") failed", buf);
+
+    while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), res_file))
+    {
+      if (disable_result_log)
+      {
+	buf[strlen(buf)-1]=0;
+	DBUG_PRINT("exec_result",("%s", buf));
+      }
+      else
+      {
+	replace_dynstr_append(&ds_res, buf);
+      }
+    }
+    error= pclose(res_file);
+
+    /* Remove the temporary file */
+    my_delete(temp_file_path, MYF(0));
+
+    handle_command_error(command, WEXITSTATUS(error));
+  }
   dynstr_free(&ds_delimiter);
   DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
 }
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm b/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm
index ee7ed2471c7..a620a7c6c72 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm
@@ -81,24 +81,28 @@ sub is_child {
 }
 
 
-# Find the safe process binary or script
 my @safe_process_cmd;
 my $safe_kill;
-if (IS_WIN32PERL or IS_CYGWIN){
-  # Use my_safe_process.exe
-  my $exe= my_find_bin(".", ["lib/My/SafeProcess", "My/SafeProcess"],
-		       "my_safe_process");
-  push(@safe_process_cmd, $exe);
 
-  # Use my_safe_kill.exe
-  $safe_kill= my_find_bin(".", "lib/My/SafeProcess", "my_safe_kill");
-}
-else
-{
-  # Use my_safe_process
-  my $exe= my_find_bin(".", ["lib/My/SafeProcess", "My/SafeProcess"],
-		       "my_safe_process");
-  push(@safe_process_cmd, $exe);
+# Find the safe process binary or script
+sub find_bin {
+  if (IS_WIN32PERL or IS_CYGWIN)
+  {
+    # Use my_safe_process.exe
+    my $exe= my_find_bin(".", ["lib/My/SafeProcess", "My/SafeProcess"],
+			 "my_safe_process");
+    push(@safe_process_cmd, $exe);
+
+    # Use my_safe_kill.exe
+    $safe_kill= my_find_bin(".", "lib/My/SafeProcess", "my_safe_kill");
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    # Use my_safe_process
+    my $exe= my_find_bin(".", ["lib/My/SafeProcess", "My/SafeProcess"],
+			 "my_safe_process");
+    push(@safe_process_cmd, $exe);
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index aeda46e6c5b..749b67539da 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ sub main {
 
   command_line_setup();
 
+  # --help will not reach here, so now it's safe to assume we have binaries
+  My::SafeProcess::find_bin();
+
   if ( $opt_gcov ) {
     gcov_prepare($basedir);
   }
@@ -2519,6 +2522,7 @@ sub create_config_file_for_extern {
 # binlog reads from [client] and [mysqlbinlog]
 [mysqlbinlog]
 character-sets-dir= $path_charsetsdir
+local-load= $opt_tmpdir
 
 # mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sh don't read from [client]
 [mysql_fix_privilege_tables]
@@ -3503,6 +3507,14 @@ sub run_testcase ($) {
 	  run_on_all($tinfo, "analyze-$analyze");
 	}
 
+	# Wait a bit and see if a server died, if so report that instead
+	mtr_milli_sleep(100);
+	my $srvproc= My::SafeProcess::check_any();
+	if ($srvproc && grep($srvproc eq $_, started(all_servers()))) {
+	  $proc= $srvproc;
+	  goto SRVDIED;
+	}
+
 	# Test case failure reported by mysqltest
 	report_failure_and_restart($tinfo);
       }
@@ -3528,6 +3540,7 @@ sub run_testcase ($) {
     # ----------------------------------------------------
     # Check if it was an expected crash
     # ----------------------------------------------------
+    SRVDIED:
     my $check_crash = check_expected_crash_and_restart($proc);
     if ($check_crash)
     {
@@ -5094,9 +5107,9 @@ sub debugger_arguments {
   {
     # vc[express] /debugexe exe arg1 .. argn
 
-    # Add /debugexe and name of the exe before args
-    unshift(@$$args, "/debugexe");
+    # Add name of the exe and /debugexe before args
     unshift(@$$args, "$$exe");
+    unshift(@$$args, "/debugexe");
 
     # Set exe to debuggername
     $$exe= $debugger;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
index 2e3a9489593..671f88cb00a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ hello
 mysqltest: At line 1: Max delimiter length(16) exceeded
 hello
 hello
+val is 5
+val is 5
 mysqltest: At line 1: test of die
 Some output
 create table t1( a int, b char(255), c timestamp);
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
index bcf33aa8c27..b4ea9202df7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
@@ -1905,6 +1905,20 @@ perl;
   print "hello\n";
 EOF
 
+# Test perl within while, also with if being false first iteration
+let $outer= 3;
+let $ifval= 0;
+while ($outer) {
+  if ($ifval) {
+    perl UNTIL;
+      my $val= 5;
+      print "val is $val\n";
+UNTIL
+  }
+  inc $ifval;
+  dec $outer;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # test for die
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------