diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 76a29ec2220c..4ee3445244f3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9f7424cc86adf55c3fccaa1160b6cf5c6cfc4c02
+refs/heads/master: 7bf5107347d94bb056c5a0cf78f09e499c3d8f48
diff --git a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 652446dd9e79..9d9ee321a3dc 100755
--- a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
 # do not force reboots on config problems
 my $no_reboot = 1;
 
+# default variables that can be used
+chomp ($variable{"PWD"} = `pwd`);
+
 $config_help{"MACHINE"} = << "EOF"
  The machine hostname that you will test.
 EOF