diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 34b7dd5903..6ad0acacc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),NetBSD)
 	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),AIX)
+	DEFAULT_PAGER = more
 	NO_STRCASESTR=YesPlease
 	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
 	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index dcd3ebb5f2..0e4e8d8862 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ appropriately before running "make".
 	implied by other options like --valgrind and
 	GIT_TEST_INSTALLED.
 
+--root=<directory>::
+	Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
+	testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.
+	Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs)
+	can massively speed up the test suite.
+
 You can also set the GIT_TEST_INSTALLED environment variable to
 the bindir of an existing git installation to test that installation.
 You still need to have built this git sandbox, from which various
diff --git a/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh b/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
index 9929f82021..d541544537 100755
--- a/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
+++ b/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup 1' '
 	git branch df-2 &&
 	git branch df-3 &&
 	git branch remove &&
+	git branch submod &&
 
 	echo hello >>a &&
 	cp a d/e &&
@@ -236,6 +237,17 @@ test_expect_success 'setup 6' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup 7' '
+
+	git checkout submod &&
+	git rm d/e &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "remove d/e" &&
+	git update-index --add --cacheinfo 160000 $c1 d &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "make d/ a submodule"
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'merge-recursive simple' '
 
 	rm -fr [abcd] &&
@@ -551,4 +563,21 @@ test_expect_success 'merge removes empty directories' '
 	test_must_fail test -d d
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'merge-recursive simple w/submodule' '
+
+	git checkout submod &&
+	git merge remove
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'merge-recursive simple w/submodule result' '
+
+	git ls-files -s >actual &&
+	(
+		echo "100644 $o5 0	a"
+		echo "100644 $o0 0	c"
+		echo "160000 $c1 0	d"
+	) >expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done