diff --git a/src/testdir/runtest.vim b/src/testdir/runtest.vim
index 8589bf693..0dc142eb9 100644
--- a/src/testdir/runtest.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/runtest.vim
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ endfor
 
 if fail == 0
   " Success, create the .res file so that make knows it's done.
-  split %:r.res
+  exe 'split ' . fnamemodify(testname, ':r') . '.res'
   write
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 887a2cba4..3cdc86fa7 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    953,
 /**/
     952,
 /**/