diff --git a/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl b/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
index f447845717..9b908171e0 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
+++ b/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
@@ -325,4 +325,31 @@ is($row_count, '10',
 	'client-side error commits transaction, no ON_ERROR_STOP and multiple -c switches'
 );
 
+# Test \g output piped into a program.
+# The program is perl -pe '' to simply copy the input to the output.
+my $g_file = "$tempdir/g_file_1.out";
+my $perlbin = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::perl_binary();
+my $pipe_cmd = "$perlbin -pe '' >$g_file";
+
+psql_like($node, "SELECT 'one' \\g | $pipe_cmd", qr//, "one command \\g");
+my $c1 = slurp_file($g_file);
+like($c1, qr/one/);
+
+psql_like($node, "SELECT 'two' \\; SELECT 'three' \\g | $pipe_cmd", qr//, "two commands \\g");
+my $c2 = slurp_file($g_file);
+like($c2, qr/two.*three/s);
+
+
+psql_like($node, "\\set SHOW_ALL_RESULTS 0\nSELECT 'four' \\; SELECT 'five' \\g | $pipe_cmd", qr//,
+  "two commands \\g with only last result");
+my $c3 = slurp_file($g_file);
+like($c3, qr/five/);
+unlike($c3, qr/four/);
+
+psql_like($node, "copy (values ('foo'),('bar')) to stdout \\g | $pipe_cmd",
+		  qr//,
+		  "copy output passed to \\g pipe");
+my $c4 = slurp_file($g_file);
+like($c4, qr/foo.*bar/s);
+
 done_testing();
diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
index b139190cc8..4e97c49dca 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
   run_log
   run_command
   pump_until
+  perl_binary
 
   command_ok
   command_fails
@@ -448,6 +449,23 @@ sub pump_until
 
 =pod
 
+=item perl_binary()
+
+Return the location of the currently running Perl interpreter.
+
+=cut
+
+sub perl_binary
+{
+	# Note: use of forward slashes here avoids any escaping problems
+	# that arise from use of backslashes.
+	my $perlbin = $^X;
+	$perlbin =~ s!\\!/!g if $windows_os;
+	return $perlbin;
+}
+
+=pod
+
 =item generate_ascii_string(from_char, to_char)
 
 Generate a string made of the given range of ASCII characters.
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/025_stuck_on_old_timeline.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/025_stuck_on_old_timeline.pl
index fd821242e8..9b04175ef2 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/025_stuck_on_old_timeline.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/025_stuck_on_old_timeline.pl
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ my $node_primary = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('primary');
 # get there.
 $node_primary->init(allows_streaming => 1, has_archiving => 1);
 
+my $perlbin = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::perl_binary();
+my $archivedir_primary = $node_primary->archive_dir;
 # Note: consistent use of forward slashes here avoids any escaping problems
 # that arise from use of backslashes. That means we need to double-quote all
 # the paths in the archive_command
-my $perlbin = $^X;
-$perlbin =~ s!\\!/!g if $PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::windows_os;
-my $archivedir_primary = $node_primary->archive_dir;
 $archivedir_primary =~ s!\\!/!g if $PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::windows_os;
 $node_primary->append_conf(
 	'postgresql.conf', qq(