diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index d7dfc8b0b1..bdd9513b84 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ then
 	do
 		make_valgrind_symlink $file
 	done
+	# special-case the mergetools loadables
+	make_symlink "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/mergetools "$GIT_VALGRIND/bin/mergetools"
 	OLDIFS=$IFS
 	IFS=:
 	for path in $PATH