diff --git a/tests/glob.right b/tests/glob.right
index 8f4db354..94966905 100644
--- a/tests/glob.right
+++ b/tests/glob.right
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ searchable/.
 6:
 a\*b
 a\
*b*
+é/*
+é/*
 argv[1] = <a>
 argv[2] = <abc>
 argv[3] = <abd>
diff --git a/tests/glob9.sub b/tests/glob9.sub
index 50105e52..ef2af2bd 100644
--- a/tests/glob9.sub
+++ b/tests/glob9.sub
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ touch ~/ಇಳಿಕೆಗಳು/{a,b}.txt
 echo ~/ಇಳಿಕೆಗಳು/*.txt >/dev/null
 
 rm -rf ${TMPDIR}/ಇಳಿಕೆಗಳು
+
+LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+echo é/*
+echo 'é'/*
diff --git a/tests/history5.sub b/tests/history5.sub
index c44ace8a..245c28d0 100644
--- a/tests/history5.sub
+++ b/tests/history5.sub
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 #   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-trap 'rm -f $HISTFILE' 0 1 2 3 6 15
+trap 'rm -f "$OUT"' 0 1 2 3 6 15
 
-HISTFILE=$TMPDIR/fchist-$$
+HISTFILE=$TMPDIR/fchist-$$ ; OUT=$HISTFILE
 unset HISTIGNORE HISTCONTROL
 set -o history
 
@@ -53,3 +53,5 @@ fc -l 1 99
 # other out-of-range behavior for future work
 echo out of range 4
 fc -l -20 -40
+
+unset HISTFILE	# suppress writing history file