diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 39362e0b89..f493c78086 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -561,8 +561,7 @@ sub runclientoutput {
 # Memory allocation test and failure torture testing.
 #
 sub torture {
-    my $testcmd = shift;
-    my $gdbline = shift;
+    my ($testcmd, $testnum, $gdbline) = @_;
 
     # remove memdump first to be sure we get a new nice and clean one
     unlink($memdump);
@@ -610,6 +609,20 @@ sub torture {
         # remove memdump first to be sure we get a new nice and clean one
         unlink($memdump);
 
+        my $cmd = $testcmd;
+        if($valgrind && !$gdbthis) {
+            my @valgrindoption = getpart("verify", "valgrind");
+            if((!@valgrindoption) || ($valgrindoption[0] !~ /disable/)) {
+                my $valgrindcmd = "$valgrind ";
+                $valgrindcmd .= "$valgrind_tool " if($valgrind_tool);
+                $valgrindcmd .= "--quiet --leak-check=yes ";
+                $valgrindcmd .= "--suppressions=$srcdir/valgrind.supp ";
+                # $valgrindcmd .= "--gen-suppressions=all ";
+                $valgrindcmd .= "--num-callers=16 ";
+                $valgrindcmd .= "${valgrind_logfile}=$LOGDIR/valgrind$testnum";
+                $cmd = "$valgrindcmd $testcmd";
+            }
+        }
         logmsg "*** Function number $limit is now set to fail ***\n" if($gdbthis);
 
         my $ret = 0;
@@ -617,7 +630,7 @@ sub torture {
             runclient($gdbline);
         }
         else {
-            $ret = runclient($testcmd);
+            $ret = runclient($cmd);
         }
         #logmsg "$_ Returned " . ($ret >> 8) . "\n";
 
@@ -631,6 +644,20 @@ sub torture {
             $fail = 2;
         }
 
+        if($valgrind) {
+            my @e = valgrindparse("$LOGDIR/valgrind$testnum");
+            if(@e && $e[0]) {
+                if($automakestyle) {
+                    logmsg "FAIL: torture $testnum - valgrind\n";
+                }
+                else {
+                    logmsg " valgrind ERROR ";
+                    logmsg @e;
+                }
+                $fail = 1;
+            }
+        }
+
         # verify that it returns a proper error code, doesn't leak memory
         # and doesn't core dump
         if(($ret & 255) || ($ret >> 8) >= 128) {
@@ -3173,7 +3200,7 @@ sub fixarray {
     my @in = @_;
 
     for(@in) {
-        subVariables \$_;
+        subVariables(\$_);
     }
     return @in;
 }
@@ -3638,7 +3665,7 @@ sub singletest {
     if(@setenv) {
         foreach my $s (@setenv) {
             chomp $s;
-            subVariables \$s;
+            subVariables(\$s);
             if($s =~ /([^=]*)=(.*)/) {
                 my ($var, $content) = ($1, $2);
                 # remember current setting, to restore it once test runs
@@ -4003,7 +4030,8 @@ sub singletest {
     # run the command line we built
     if ($torture) {
         $cmdres = torture($CMDLINE,
-                       "$gdb --directory libtest $DBGCURL -x $LOGDIR/gdbcmd");
+                          $testnum,
+                          "$gdb --directory libtest $DBGCURL -x $LOGDIR/gdbcmd");
     }
     elsif($gdbthis) {
         my $GDBW = ($gdbxwin) ? "-w" : "";
@@ -5310,8 +5338,6 @@ while(@ARGV) {
         if($xtra =~ s/(\d+)$//) {
             $tortalloc = $1;
         }
-        # we undef valgrind to make this fly in comparison
-        undef $valgrind;
     }
     elsif($ARGV[0] eq "-a") {
         # continue anyway, even if a test fail