diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac02a580da..5d32289664 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /GIT-CFLAGS
 /GIT-GUI-VARS
 /GIT-VERSION-FILE
+/bin-wrappers/
 /git
 /git-add
 /git-add--interactive
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4dba10e7f0..b981364536 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -416,6 +416,15 @@ ALL_PROGRAMS = $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
 # what 'all' will build but not install in gitexecdir
 OTHER_PROGRAMS = git$X
 
+# what test wrappers are needed and 'install' will install, in bindir
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-upload-pack
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-receive-pack
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-upload-archive
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-shell
+
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X += git-cvsserver
+
 # Set paths to tools early so that they can be used for version tests.
 ifndef SHELL_PATH
 	SHELL_PATH = /bin/sh
@@ -1690,19 +1699,30 @@ endif
 
 ### Testing rules
 
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-chmtime$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-ctype$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-date$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-delta$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-dump-cache-tree$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-genrandom$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-match-trees$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-parse-options$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-path-utils$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-sha1$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-sigchain$X
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-chmtime
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-ctype
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-date
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-delta
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-dump-cache-tree
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-genrandom
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-match-trees
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-parse-options
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-path-utils
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sha1
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sigchain
 
-all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
+TEST_PROGRAMS = $(patsubst %,%$X,$(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
+
+test_bindir_programs := $(patsubst %,bin-wrappers/%,$(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X) $(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X) $(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
+
+all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs)
+
+bin-wrappers/%: wrap-for-bin.sh
+	@mkdir -p bin-wrappers
+	$(QUIET_GEN)sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	     -e 's|@@BUILD_DIR@@|$(shell pwd)|' \
+	     -e 's|@@PROG@@|$(@F)|' < $< > $@ && \
+	chmod +x $@
 
 # GNU make supports exporting all variables by "export" without parameters.
 # However, the environment gets quite big, and some programs have problems
@@ -1763,11 +1783,13 @@ endif
 gitexec_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitexec_instdir))
 export gitexec_instdir
 
+install_bindir_programs := $(patsubst %,%$X,$(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X)) $(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X)
+
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
-	$(INSTALL) git$X git-upload-pack$X git-receive-pack$X git-upload-archive$X git-shell$X git-cvsserver '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
+	$(INSTALL) $(install_bindir_programs) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
 	$(MAKE) -C templates DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
 ifndef NO_PERL
 	$(MAKE) -C perl prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
@@ -1878,6 +1900,7 @@ clean:
 		$(LIB_FILE) $(XDIFF_LIB)
 	$(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) git$X
 	$(RM) $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
+	$(RM) -r bin-wrappers
 	$(RM) *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope*
 	$(RM) -r autom4te.cache
 	$(RM) config.log config.mak.autogen config.mak.append config.status config.cache
diff --git a/wrap-for-bin.sh b/wrap-for-bin.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5075c9c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrap-for-bin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# wrap-for-bin.sh: Template for git executable wrapper scripts
+# to run test suite against sandbox, but with only bindir-installed
+# executables in PATH.  The Makefile copies this into various
+# files in bin-wrappers, substituting
+# @@BUILD_DIR@@ and @@PROG@@.
+
+GIT_EXEC_PATH='@@BUILD_DIR@@'
+GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR='@@BUILD_DIR@@/templates/blt'
+GITPERLLIB='@@BUILD_DIR@@/perl/blib/lib'
+PATH='@@BUILD_DIR@@/bin-wrappers:'"$PATH"
+export GIT_EXEC_PATH GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR GITPERLLIB PATH
+
+exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"