diff --git a/mysql-test/Makefile.am b/mysql-test/Makefile.am
index 66f793d7a54..e7cdf2c3469 100644
--- a/mysql-test/Makefile.am
+++ b/mysql-test/Makefile.am
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ INCLUDES =		-I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I..
 dist-hook:
 	mkdir -p \
 		$(distdir)/t \
-		$(distdir)/extra/binlog_tests \
-		$(distdir)/extra/rpl_tests \
+                $(distdir)/extra/binlog_tests \
+                $(distdir)/extra/rpl_tests \
 		$(distdir)/r \
 		$(distdir)/include \
 		$(distdir)/std_data \
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dist-hook:
 		$(distdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_le \
 		$(distdir)/std_data/parts \
 		$(distdir)/lib \
-		$(distdir)/std_data/funcs_1 \
+                $(distdir)/std_data/funcs_1 \
 		$(distdir)/lib/My
 	-$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/t/*.def $(distdir)/t
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/t/*.test $(distdir)/t
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dist-hook:
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_be/BACKUP* $(distdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_be
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_le/BACKUP* $(distdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_le
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/parts/part_* $(distdir)/std_data/parts
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/funcs_1/*.txt $(distdir)/std_data/funcs_1
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/funcs_1/* $(distdir)/std_data/funcs_1
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/lib/*.pl $(distdir)/lib
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/lib/My/*.pm $(distdir)/lib/My
 	-rm -rf `find $(distdir)/suite -type d -name SCCS` $(distdir)/suite/row_lock
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ install-data-local:
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_be/BACKUP* $(DESTDIR)$(testdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_be
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_le/BACKUP* $(DESTDIR)$(testdir)/std_data/ndb_backup51_data_le
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/parts/part_* $(DESTDIR)$(testdir)/std_data/parts
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/funcs_1/*.txt $(DESTDIR)$(testdir)/std_data/funcs_1
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/std_data/funcs_1/* $(DESTDIR)$(testdir)/std_data/funcs_1
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/lib/*.pl $(DESTDIR)$(testdir)/lib
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/lib/My/*.pm $(DESTDIR)$(testdir)/lib/My
 	for f in `(cd $(srcdir); find suite -type f | egrep -v 'SCCS|row_lock')`; \
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
index 2ca2669eb7f..4b0fad0f818 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
@@ -773,6 +773,13 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$$$$$) {
 	if ( $::used_default_engine =~ /^innodb/i );
     }
 
+    #enable federated for this test
+    if ($tinfo->{'federated_test'})
+    {
+      push(@{$tinfo->{'master_opt'}}, "--loose-federated");
+      push(@{$tinfo->{'slave_opt'}}, "--loose-federated");
+    }
+
     if ( $tinfo->{'big_test'} and ! $::opt_big_test )
     {
       $tinfo->{'skip'}= 1;
@@ -891,6 +898,8 @@ our @tags=
  ["include/have_ndb_extra.inc", "ndb_extra", 1],
  ["include/ndb_master-slave.inc", "ndb_test", 1],
  ["require_manager", "require_manager", 1],
+ ["include/federated.inc", "federated_test", 1],
+ ["include/have_federated_db.inc", "federated_test", 1],
 );
 
 sub mtr_options_from_test_file($$) {
diff --git a/sql/sql_plugin.cc b/sql/sql_plugin.cc
index 811b82ebe05..0fe79a8945d 100644
--- a/sql/sql_plugin.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_plugin.cc
@@ -1137,9 +1137,10 @@ int plugin_init(int *argc, char **argv, int flags)
   {
     for (plugin= *builtins; plugin->info; plugin++)
     {
-      /* by default, only ndbcluster is disabled */
+      /* by default, ndbcluster and federated are disabled */
       def_enabled=
-        my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, plugin->name, "NDBCLUSTER") != 0;
+        my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, plugin->name, "NDBCLUSTER") != 0 &&
+        my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, plugin->name, "FEDERATED") != 0;
       bzero(&tmp, sizeof(tmp));
       tmp.plugin= plugin;
       tmp.name.str= (char *)plugin->name;