diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index d4c68184627ce799e9423f3bb8a05d4f9a6c91d8..91ca78ad5443380881eb731663e89411bd8a8754 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -1371,7 +1371,8 @@ sub ndbcluster_install () {
 		 "--data-dir=$opt_vardir",
 		 "--verbose=2",
 		 $ndbcluster_opts,
-		 "--initial"],
+		 "--initial",
+                 "--relative-config-data-dir"],
 		"", "", "", "") )
   {
     mtr_error("Error ndbcluster_install");
@@ -1463,7 +1464,8 @@ sub ndbcluster_install_slave () {
 		 "--verbose=2",
 		 "--small",
 		 "--ndbd-nodes=1",
-		 "--initial"],
+		 "--initial",
+		 "--relative-config-data-dir"],
 		"", "", "", "") )
   {
     mtr_error("Error ndbcluster_install_slave");
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
index eb111a99b93bf74e5d68c5c93ec9db3a679614c6..ce5a9bab4e411bc0aaba0aab11d60dfe13d312b4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ USE_NDBCLUSTER_ONLY=0
 USE_RUNNING_NDBCLUSTER=""
 USE_RUNNING_NDBCLUSTER_SLAVE=""
 NDB_EXTRA_TEST=0
+NDB_VERBOSE=0
 NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS=""
 USE_PURIFY=""
 PURIFY_LOGS=""
@@ -357,6 +358,8 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
       NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS=" "
       NDB_EXTRA_TEST=1 ;
       ;;
+    --ndb-verbose)
+      NDB_VERBOSE=2 ;;
     --ndb_mgm-extra-opts=*)
       NDB_MGM_EXTRA_OPTS=`$ECHO "$1" | $SED -e "s;--ndb_mgm-extra-opts=;;"` ;;
     --ndb_mgmd-extra-opts=*)
@@ -1273,8 +1276,10 @@ start_ndbcluster()
     then
       NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS="--small"
     fi
-    OPTS="$NDBCLUSTER_OPTS $NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS --verbose=2 --initial"
-    echo "Starting master ndbcluster " $OPTS
+    OPTS="$NDBCLUSTER_OPTS $NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS --verbose=$NDB_VERBOSE --initial --relative-config-data-dir"
+    if [ "x$NDB_VERBOSE" != "x0" ] ; then
+      echo "Starting master ndbcluster " $OPTS
+    fi
     ./ndb/ndbcluster $OPTS || NDB_STATUS_OK=0
     if [ x$NDB_STATUS_OK != x1 ] ; then
       if [ x$FORCE != x1 ] ; then
@@ -1504,8 +1509,10 @@ start_slave()
          NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS="--small"
       fi
 
-      OPTS="$NDBCLUSTER_OPTS_SLAVE --initial $NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS --ndbd-nodes=1 --verbose=2"
-      echo "Starting slave ndbcluster " $OPTS
+      OPTS="$NDBCLUSTER_OPTS_SLAVE --initial $NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS --ndbd-nodes=1 --verbose=$NDB_VERBOSE --relative-config-data-dir"
+      if [ "x$NDB_VERBOSE" != "x0" ] ; then
+        echo "Starting slave ndbcluster " $OPTS
+      fi
       ./ndb/ndbcluster $OPTS \
                       || NDB_SLAVE_STATUS_OK=0
       #                > /dev/null 2>&1 || NDB_SLAVE_STATUS_OK=0
diff --git a/mysql-test/ndb/ndbcluster.sh b/mysql-test/ndb/ndbcluster.sh
index 832987c7af6a855f5d79b5cfd794aa5aa00c7548..fc1d12bac534a59c3ddfecf9e7d60473c916a3fe 100644
--- a/mysql-test/ndb/ndbcluster.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/ndb/ndbcluster.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ initial_ndb=
 status_ndb=
 ndb_diskless=0
 ndbd_nodes=2
+relative_config_data_dir=
 
 ndb_no_ord=512
 ndb_no_attr=2048
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
     --data-dir=*)
      fsdir=`echo "$1" | sed -e "s;--data-dir=;;"`
      ;;
+    --relative-config-data-dir)
+     relative_config_data_dir=1
+     ;;
     --port=*)
      port=`echo "$1" | sed -e "s;--port=;;"`
      ;;
@@ -196,6 +200,11 @@ fi
 # Start management server as deamon
 
 # Edit file system path and ports in config file
+if [ $relative_config_data_dir ] ; then
+  config_fs_ndb="."
+else
+  config_fs_ndb=$fs_ndb
+fi
 if [ $initial_ndb ] ; then
   rm -rf $fs_ndb/ndb_* 2>&1 | cat > /dev/null
   sed \
@@ -206,7 +215,7 @@ if [ $initial_ndb ] ; then
     -e s,"CHOOSE_IndexMemory","$ndb_imem",g \
     -e s,"CHOOSE_Diskless","$ndb_diskless",g \
     -e s,"CHOOSE_HOSTNAME_".*,"$ndb_host",g \
-    -e s,"CHOOSE_FILESYSTEM","$fs_ndb",g \
+    -e s,"CHOOSE_FILESYSTEM","$config_fs_ndb",g \
     -e s,"CHOOSE_PORT_MGM","$ndb_mgmd_port",g \
     -e s,"CHOOSE_DiskPageBufferMemory","$ndb_pbmem",g \
     < "$config_ini" \