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diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 9535d2e0a9..7740d511d2 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -264,7 +264,24 @@ do
GIT_TEST_CHAIN_LINT=0
shift ;;
-x)
- trace=t
+ # Some test scripts can't be reliably traced with '-x',
+ # unless the test is run with a Bash version supporting
+ # BASH_XTRACEFD (introduced in Bash v4.1). Check whether
+ # this test is marked as such, and ignore '-x' if it
+ # isn't executed with a suitable Bash version.
+ if test -z "$test_untraceable" || {
+ test -n "$BASH_VERSION" && {
+ test ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -gt 4 || {
+ test ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -eq 4 &&
+ test ${BASH_VERSINFO[1]} -ge 1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ then
+ trace=t
+ else
+ echo >&2 "warning: ignoring -x; '$0' is untraceable without BASH_XTRACEFD"
+ fi
shift ;;
--verbose-log)
verbose_log=t