diff --git a/src/filepath.c b/src/filepath.c
index 854d823..f1ae18e 100644
--- a/src/filepath.c
+++ b/src/filepath.c
@@ -774,6 +774,26 @@
     shorten_dir_len(str, 1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return TRUE if "fname" is a readable file.
+ */
+    int
+file_is_readable(char_u *fname)
+{
+    int		fd;
+
+#ifndef O_NONBLOCK
+# define O_NONBLOCK 0
+#endif
+    if (*fname && !mch_isdir(fname)
+	      && (fd = mch_open((char *)fname, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK, 0)) >= 0)
+    {
+	close(fd);
+	return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
 #if defined(FEAT_EVAL) || defined(PROTO)
 
 /*
@@ -894,26 +914,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Return TRUE if "fname" is a readable file.
- */
-    int
-file_is_readable(char_u *fname)
-{
-    int		fd;
-
-#ifndef O_NONBLOCK
-# define O_NONBLOCK 0
-#endif
-    if (*fname && !mch_isdir(fname)
-	      && (fd = mch_open((char *)fname, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK, 0)) >= 0)
-    {
-	close(fd);
-	return TRUE;
-    }
-    return FALSE;
-}
-
-/*
  * "filereadable()" function
  */
     void
diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index 91e208b..1ab3159 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -1655,7 +1655,21 @@
     vim_free(p);
     p = concat_fnames(vimdir, (char_u *)RUNTIME_DIRNAME, TRUE);
     if (p != NULL && mch_isdir(p))
-	return p;
+    {
+	char_u *fname = concat_fnames(p, (char_u *)"defaults.vim", TRUE);
+
+	// Check that "defaults.vim" exists in this directory, to avoid picking
+	// up a stray "runtime" directory, it would make many tests fail in
+	// mysterious ways.
+	if (fname != NULL)
+	{
+	    int exists = file_is_readable(fname);
+
+	    vim_free(fname);
+	    if (exists)
+		return p;
+	}
+    }
     vim_free(p);
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4585915..77be61c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    28,
+/**/
     27,
 /**/
     26,