diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cbf269bff1..831d22d718 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2342,6 +2342,7 @@ GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
 	@echo NO_UNIX_SOCKETS=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_UNIX_SOCKETS)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo PAGER_ENV=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(PAGER_ENV)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo DC_SHA1=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(DC_SHA1)))'\' >>$@+
+	@echo X=\'$(X)\' >>$@+
 ifdef TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
 	@echo TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)))'\' >>$@+
 endif
@@ -2376,6 +2377,9 @@ ifdef GIT_INTEROP_MAKE_OPTS
 endif
 ifdef TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION
 	@echo TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION)))'\' >>$@+
+endif
+ifdef MSVC_DEPS
+	@echo MSVC_DEPS=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(MSVC_DEPS)))'\' >>$@+
 endif
 	@if cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>&1; then $(RM) $@+; else mv $@+ $@; fi
 
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 1701fe2a06..ea9a68bbd1 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ test_create_repo () {
 	mkdir -p "$repo"
 	(
 		cd "$repo" || error "Cannot setup test environment"
-		"$GIT_EXEC_PATH/git-init" "--template=$GIT_BUILD_DIR/templates/blt/" >&3 2>&4 ||
+		"$GIT_EXEC_PATH/git$X" init "--template=$GIT_BUILD_DIR/templates/blt/" >&3 2>&4 ||
 		error "cannot run git init -- have you built things yet?"
 		mv .git/hooks .git/hooks-disabled
 	) || exit
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index d4f367b70e..713de9e3f0 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -44,18 +44,27 @@ GIT_BUILD_DIR="$TEST_DIRECTORY"/..
 : ${ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0:abort_on_error=1}
 export ASAN_OPTIONS
 
-################################################################
-# It appears that people try to run tests without building...
-"$GIT_BUILD_DIR/git" >/dev/null
-if test $? != 1
+if test ! -f "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 then
-	echo >&2 'error: you do not seem to have built git yet.'
+	echo >&2 'error: GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS missing (has Git been built?).'
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 . "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 export PERL_PATH SHELL_PATH
 
+test -z "$MSVC_DEPS" ||
+PATH="$GIT_BUILD_DIR/$MSVC_DEPS/bin:$PATH"
+
+################################################################
+# It appears that people try to run tests without building...
+"$GIT_BUILD_DIR/git$X" >/dev/null
+if test $? != 1
+then
+	echo >&2 'error: you do not seem to have built git yet.'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 # if --tee was passed, write the output not only to the terminal, but
 # additionally to the file test-results/$BASENAME.out, too.
 case "$GIT_TEST_TEE_STARTED, $* " in