diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/files/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/files/run-ptest
index b351f947e8..5c826a1766 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/files/run-ptest
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/files/run-ptest
@@ -1,9 +1,37 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+export MALLOC_CONF_ALL=${MALLOC_CONF}
+# Concatenate the individual test's MALLOC_CONF and MALLOC_CONF_ALL.
+export_malloc_conf() {
+  if [ "x${MALLOC_CONF}" != "x" -a "x${MALLOC_CONF_ALL}" != "x" ] ; then
+    export MALLOC_CONF="${MALLOC_CONF},${MALLOC_CONF_ALL}"
+  else
+    export MALLOC_CONF="${MALLOC_CONF}${MALLOC_CONF_ALL}"
+  fi
+}
+
+
+
 saved_dir=$PWD
 for dir in tests/* ; do
 	cd $dir
 	for atest in * ; do
+		if [[ "${atest##*.}" == "sh" ]]; then
+			continue
+		fi
+		if [ -e "${atest}.sh" ] ; then
+		  	# Source the shell script corresponding to the test in a subshell and
+		  	# execute the test.  This allows the shell script to set MALLOC_CONF, which
+		  	# is then used to set MALLOC_CONF (thus allowing the
+		  	# per test shell script to ignore the  detail).
+		  	enable_fill=1 \
+		  	enable_prof=1 \
+		  	. $(pwd)/${atest}.sh && \
+		  	export_malloc_conf
+		else
+		  	export MALLOC_CONF= && \
+		  	export_malloc_conf
+		fi
 		if [ \( -x $atest \) -a \( -f $atest \) ] ; then
 			rm -rf tests.log
 			./$atest > tests.log 2>&1
@@ -18,4 +46,3 @@ for dir in tests/* ; do
 	done
 	cd $saved_dir
 done
-
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/jemalloc_5.3.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/jemalloc_5.3.0.bb
index 950b64ee9b..9ad83261ef 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/jemalloc_5.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jemalloc/jemalloc_5.3.0.bb
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ do_compile_ptest() {
 
 do_install_ptest() {
 	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
-	subdirs="test/unit test/integration test/stress "
+	subdirs="unit integration stress "
 	for tooltest in ${subdirs}
 	do
-		cp -r ${B}/${tooltest} ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+		cp -r ${B}/test/${tooltest} ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+        if find ${S}/test/${tooltest}/ -name '*.sh' -print -quit | grep -q .; then
+		    cp ${S}/test/${tooltest}/*.sh ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/${tooltest}
+        fi
 	done
 	find ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests \( -name "*.d" -o -name "*.o" \) -exec rm -f {} \;
 }