diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index c14ecac16a72a10cd2b88828a6b4652376653083..4459429cc5b61bde5e5e52ad24edffc84f151991 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -1457,6 +1457,7 @@ EOF
 	my $make_targets = "";
 	$make_targets .= " links" if $symlink;
 	$make_targets .= " depend" if $depflags ne "" && $make_depend;
+	$make_targets .= " gentests" if $symlink;
 	(system $make_command.$make_targets) == 0 or exit $?
 		if $make_targets ne "";
 	if ( $perl =~ m@^/@) {
diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index de902c705332521e265a3876e01608f0ae5d9c2d..eb3f5370d038259bdd12986386a057ab06d5dcfe 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -564,6 +564,10 @@ links:
 	fi; \
 	done;
 
+gentests:
+	@(cd test && echo "generating dummy tests (if needed)..." && \
+	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' SDIRS='$(SDIRS)' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' PROCESSOR='${PROCESSOR}' PERL='${PERL}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' TESTS='${TESTS}' KRB5_INCLUDES='${KRB5_INCLUDES}' LIBKRB5='${LIBKRB5}' EXE_EXT='${EXE_EXT}' SHARED_LIBS='${SHARED_LIBS}' SHLIB_EXT='${SHLIB_EXT}' SHLIB_TARGET='${SHLIB_TARGET}' TESTS='${TESTS}' OPENSSL_DEBUG_MEMORY=on generate );
+
 dclean:
 	rm -f *.bak
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
diff --git a/test/Makefile.ssl b/test/Makefile.ssl
index 048063576e39409d6f46eb116289390ebca16f91..6adc6b8c6dfff207b6e367c2eb6360b0c133156a 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/test/Makefile.ssl
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ top:
 
 all:	exe
 
-exe:	$(EXE)
+exe:	$(EXE) dummytest
 
 files:
 	$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/files.pl Makefile.ssl >> $(TOP)/MINFO
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ files:
 links:
 	@@$(TOP)/util/point.sh Makefile.ssl Makefile
 
+generate: $(SRC)
+$(SRC):
+	@$(TOP)/util/point.sh dummytest.c $@
+
 errors:
 
 install:
@@ -374,6 +378,9 @@ $(ECDSATEST): $(ECDSATEST).o $(DLIBCRYPTO)
 #$(RDTEST): $(RDTEST).o $(DLIBCRYPTO)
 #	$(CC) -o $(RDTEST) $(CFLAGS) $(RDTEST).o $(PEX_LIBS) $(LIBCRYPTO) $(EX_LIBS)
 
+dummytest: dummytest.o $(DLIBCRYPTO)
+	$(CC) -o dummytest $(CFLAGS) dummytest.o $(PEX_LIBS) $(LIBCRYPTO) $(EX_LIBS)
+
 # DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE -- make depend depends on it.
 
 bftest.o: ../include/openssl/blowfish.h ../include/openssl/e_os2.h
diff --git a/test/dummytest.c b/test/dummytest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f98f003ef98e0c57e190b13294bc6198c41beb24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dummytest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <openssl/e_os2.h>
+#include <openssl/buffer.h>
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+	{
+	char *p, *q, *program;
+
+	p = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
+	if (!p) p = strrchr(argv[0], '\\');
+#ifdef OPENSSL_SYS_VMS
+	if (!p) p = strrchr(argv[0], ']');
+	if (p) q = strrchr(p, '>');
+	if (q) p = q;
+	if (!p) p = strrchr(argv[0], ':');
+	q = 0;
+#endif
+	if (p) p++;
+	if (!p) p = argv[0];
+	if (p) q = strchr(p, '.');
+	if (p && !q) q = p + strlen(p);
+
+	if (!p)
+		program = BUF_strdup("(unknown)");
+	else
+		{
+		program = OPENSSL_malloc((q - p) + 1);
+		strncpy(program, p, q - p);
+		program[q - p] = '\0';
+		}
+
+	for(p = program; *p; p++)
+		if (islower(*p)) *p = toupper(*p);
+
+	q = strstr(program, "TEST");
+	if (q > p && q[-1] == '_') q--;
+	*q = '\0';
+
+	printf("No %s support\n", program);
+
+	OPENSSL_free(program);
+	return(0);
+	}
diff --git a/util/pod2mantest b/util/pod2mantest
index 8e913180c54f868a22ae63c3e1d29691c5e005f0..e01c6192a73054ab02663a6a42fba0f9c882c3bc 100755
--- a/util/pod2mantest
+++ b/util/pod2mantest
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ IFS=:
 if test "$OSTYPE" = "msdosdjgpp"; then IFS=";"; fi
 try_without_dir=false
 # First we try "pod2man", then "$dir/pod2man" for each item in $PATH.
-for dir in dummy:$PATH; do
+for dir in dummy${IFS}$PATH; do
     if [ "$try_without_dir" = true ]; then
       # first iteration
       pod2man=pod2man