diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 115263f25eba..ce94975b4ebb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9b1d367dbbeb6646f04a8865ecc2bc454f7dd88f
+refs/heads/master: 8fddbe9bbfe5771a9d9e5d0c6f5bae3213c20645
diff --git a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index a022fb7d113d..52b7959cd513 100755
--- a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -623,6 +623,10 @@ sub process_compare {
 	return $lval eq $rval;
     } elsif ($cmp eq "!=") {
 	return $lval ne $rval;
+    } elsif ($cmp eq "=~") {
+	return $lval =~ m/$rval/;
+    } elsif ($cmp eq "!~") {
+	return $lval !~ m/$rval/;
     }
 
     my $statement = "$lval $cmp $rval";
@@ -678,7 +682,7 @@ sub process_expression {
 	}
     }
 
-    if ($val =~ /(.*)(==|\!=|>=|<=|>|<)(.*)/) {
+    if ($val =~ /(.*)(==|\!=|>=|<=|>|<|=~|\!~)(.*)/) {
 	my $ret = process_compare($1, $2, $3);
 	if ($ret < 0) {
 	    die "$name: $.: Unable to process comparison\n";