diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore
index 84713371ce8acffb68b9671aa1fa7fbe4ba8529f..555199fd166c5e53d42ea003a480124f10d3a6f4 100644
--- a/.bzrignore
+++ b/.bzrignore
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ mysql-test/*.ds?
 mysql-test/*.vcproj
 mysql-test/gmon.out
 mysql-test/install_test_db
+mysql-test/mtr
 mysql-test/mysql-test-run
 mysql-test/mysql-test-run.log
 mysql-test/mysql_test_run_new
diff --git a/mysql-test/Makefile.am b/mysql-test/Makefile.am
index 11bcef10fff38562fe3772fddbb0e4e075618ecc..9f54b4fe1926420ab7cebad019c600304dbfe962 100644
--- a/mysql-test/Makefile.am
+++ b/mysql-test/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ benchdir_root=		$(prefix)
 testdir =	        $(benchdir_root)/mysql-test
 EXTRA_SCRIPTS = 	mysql-test-run.sh install_test_db.sh valgrind.supp $(PRESCRIPTS)
 EXTRA_DIST = 		$(EXTRA_SCRIPTS) 
-GENSCRIPTS =		mysql-test-run install_test_db
+GENSCRIPTS =		mysql-test-run install_test_db mtr
 PRESCRIPTS =		mysql-test-run.pl
 test_SCRIPTS = 		$(GENSCRIPTS) $(PRESCRIPTS)
 test_DATA = std_data/client-key.pem std_data/client-cert.pem std_data/cacert.pem \
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ std_data/server-cert.pem: $(top_srcdir)/SSL/$(@F)
 std_data/server-key.pem: $(top_srcdir)/SSL/$(@F)
 	@RM@ -f $@; @CP@ $(top_srcdir)/SSL/$(@F) $(srcdir)/std_data
 
+# mtr - a shortcut for executing mysql-test-run.pl
+mtr:
+	$(RM) -f mtr
+	$(LN_S) mysql-test-run.pl mtr
+
 SUFFIXES = .sh
 
 .sh: