diff --git a/tests/scripts/all.sh b/tests/scripts/all.sh
index d63a948..3bac81a 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/all.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/all.sh
@@ -685,6 +685,30 @@
     make TEST_CPP=1
 }
 
+component_test_check_params_without_platform () {
+    msg "build+test: MBEDTLS_CHECK_PARAMS without MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C"
+    scripts/config.pl full # includes CHECK_PARAMS
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_MEMORY_BACKTRACE # too slow for tests
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_MEMORY_BUFFER_ALLOC_C
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_EXIT_ALT
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_TIME_ALT
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_FPRINTF_ALT
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_MEMORY
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_PRINTF_ALT
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_SNPRINTF_ALT
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_NV_SEED
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C
+    make CC=gcc CFLAGS='-Werror -O1' all test
+}
+
+component_test_check_params_silent () {
+    msg "build+test: MBEDTLS_CHECK_PARAMS with alternative MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED()"
+    scripts/config.pl full # includes CHECK_PARAMS
+    scripts/config.pl unset MBEDTLS_MEMORY_BACKTRACE # too slow for tests
+    sed -i 's/.*\(#define MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED( cond )\).*/\1/' "$CONFIG_H"
+    make CC=gcc CFLAGS='-Werror -O1' all test
+}
+
 component_test_no_platform () {
     # Full configuration build, without platform support, file IO and net sockets.
     # This should catch missing mbedtls_printf definitions, and by disabling file
@@ -1159,6 +1183,8 @@
     run_component component_test_depends_pkalgs
     run_component component_build_key_exchanges
     run_component component_build_default_make_gcc_and_cxx
+    run_component component_test_check_params_without_platform
+    run_component component_test_check_params_silent
     run_component component_test_no_platform
     run_component component_build_no_std_function
     run_component component_build_no_ssl_srv
diff --git a/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh b/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh
index b405871..28fc687 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 cd tests
 
 # Step 2a - Unit Tests
-perl scripts/run-test-suites.pl -v |tee unit-test-$TEST_OUTPUT
+perl scripts/run-test-suites.pl -v 2 |tee unit-test-$TEST_OUTPUT
 echo
 
 # Step 2b - System Tests
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
     GNUTLS_SERV="$GNUTLS_LEGACY_SERV"                               \
     sh compat.sh -e '3DES\|DES-CBC3' -f 'NULL\|DES\|RC4\|ARCFOUR' | \
     tee -a compat-test-$TEST_OUTPUT
+OPENSSL_CMD="$OPENSSL_NEXT"                     \
+    sh compat.sh -e '^$' -f 'ARIA\|CHACHA' |    \
+    tee -a compat-test-$TEST_OUTPUT
 echo
 
 # Step 3 - Process the coverage report
diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-files.py b/tests/scripts/check-files.py
index ed67872..005a077 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-files.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-files.py
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@
             for i, line in enumerate(iter(f.readline, b"")):
                 self.check_file_line(filepath, line, i + 1)
 
+    def record_issue(self, filepath, line_number):
+        if filepath not in self.files_with_issues.keys():
+            self.files_with_issues[filepath] = []
+        self.files_with_issues[filepath].append(line_number)
+
     def check_file_line(self, filepath, line, line_number):
         if self.issue_with_line(line):
-            if filepath not in self.files_with_issues.keys():
-                self.files_with_issues[filepath] = []
-            self.files_with_issues[filepath].append(line_number)
+            self.record_issue(filepath, line_number)
 
     def output_file_issues(self, logger):
         if self.files_with_issues.values():
@@ -132,13 +135,36 @@
         return b"\t" in line
 
 
+class MergeArtifactIssueTracker(IssueTracker):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.heading = "Merge artifact:"
+
+    def issue_with_line(self, filepath, line):
+        # Detect leftover git conflict markers.
+        if line.startswith(b'<<<<<<< ') or line.startswith(b'>>>>>>> '):
+            return True
+        if line.startswith(b'||||||| '): # from merge.conflictStyle=diff3
+            return True
+        if line.rstrip(b'\r\n') == b'=======' and \
+           not filepath.endswith('.md'):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def check_file_line(self, filepath, line, line_number):
+        if self.issue_with_line(filepath, line):
+            self.record_issue(filepath, line_number)
+
 class TodoIssueTracker(IssueTracker):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self.heading = "TODO present:"
         self.files_exemptions = [
-            __file__, "benchmark.c", "pull_request_template.md"
+            os.path.basename(__file__),
+            "benchmark.c",
+            "pull_request_template.md",
         ]
 
     def issue_with_line(self, line):
@@ -167,6 +193,7 @@
             LineEndingIssueTracker(),
             TrailingWhitespaceIssueTracker(),
             TabIssueTracker(),
+            MergeArtifactIssueTracker(),
             TodoIssueTracker(),
         ]
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/mbedtls_test.py b/tests/scripts/mbedtls_test.py
index 8e8a89b..f9e88cf 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/mbedtls_test.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/mbedtls_test.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
         binary_path = self.get_config_item('image_path')
         script_dir = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0]
         suite_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(binary_path))[0]
-        data_file = ".".join((suite_name, 'data'))
+        data_file = ".".join((suite_name, 'datax'))
         data_file = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'mbedtls',
                                  suite_name, data_file)
         if os.path.exists(data_file):
diff --git a/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl b/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
index 6fe6abf..d0d4046 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@
 use utf8;
 use open qw(:std utf8);
 
-use constant FALSE => 0;
-use constant TRUE => 1;
+use Getopt::Long;
 
-my $verbose;
-my $switch = shift;
-if ( defined($switch) && ( $switch eq "-v" || $switch eq "--verbose" ) ) {
-    $verbose = TRUE;
-}
+my $verbose = 0;
+GetOptions( "verbose|v:1" => \$verbose );
 
 # All test suites = executable files, excluding source files, debug
 # and profiling information, etc. We can't just grep {! /\./} because
@@ -50,10 +46,20 @@
     $suite_cases_failed, $suite_cases_skipped, $total_cases_passed,
     $total_cases_failed, $total_cases_skipped );
 
+sub pad_print_center {
+    my( $width, $padchar, $string ) = @_;
+    my $padlen = ( $width - length( $string ) - 2 ) / 2;
+    print $padchar x( $padlen ), " $string ", $padchar x( $padlen ), "\n";
+}
+
 for my $suite (@suites)
 {
     print "$suite ", "." x ( 72 - length($suite) - 2 - 4 ), " ";
-    my $result = `$prefix$suite`;
+    my $command = "$prefix$suite";
+    if( $verbose ) {
+        $command .= ' -v';
+    }
+    my $result = `$command`;
 
     $suite_cases_passed = () = $result =~ /.. PASS/g;
     $suite_cases_failed = () = $result =~ /.. FAILED/g;
@@ -61,15 +67,25 @@
 
     if( $result =~ /PASSED/ ) {
         print "PASS\n";
+        if( $verbose > 2 ) {
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "Begin $suite" );
+            print $result;
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "End $suite" );
+        }
     } else {
         $failed_suites++;
         print "FAIL\n";
+        if( $verbose ) {
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "Begin $suite" );
+            print $result;
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "End $suite" );
+        }
     }
 
     my ($passed, $tests, $skipped) = $result =~ /([0-9]*) \/ ([0-9]*) tests.*?([0-9]*) skipped/;
     $total_tests_run += $tests - $skipped;
 
-    if ( $verbose ) {
+    if( $verbose > 1 ) {
         print "(test cases passed:", $suite_cases_passed,
                 " failed:", $suite_cases_failed,
                 " skipped:", $suite_cases_skipped,
@@ -87,7 +103,7 @@
 print $failed_suites ? "FAILED" : "PASSED";
 printf " (%d suites, %d tests run)\n", scalar @suites, $total_tests_run;
 
-if ( $verbose ) {
+if( $verbose > 1 ) {
     print "  test cases passed :", $total_cases_passed, "\n";
     print "             failed :", $total_cases_failed, "\n";
     print "            skipped :", $total_cases_skipped, "\n";