diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e68093..f70fb85 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 syntaxtest:
 	cd runtime/syntax && \
 		$(MAKE) clean && \
-		$(MAKE) test VIM="$(VIM_FOR_SYNTAXTEST)"
+		$(MAKE) test VIMPROG="$(VIM_FOR_SYNTAXTEST)"
 
 
 #########################################################################
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/Makefile b/runtime/syntax/Makefile
index c1ac273..4d0c889 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/Makefile
+++ b/runtime/syntax/Makefile
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 
 # ENVVARS = LC_ALL=C LANG=C LANGUAGE=C
 
-RUN_VIMTEST = VIMRUNTIME=$(VIMRUNTIME) $(VALGRIND) $(ENVVARS) $(VIMPROG) -f $(GUI_FLAG)
+RUN_VIMTEST = VIMRUNTIME=$(VIMRUNTIME) $(VALGRIND) $(ENVVARS) ../$(VIMPROG) -f $(GUI_FLAG)
 
 # Run the tests that didn't run yet or failed previously.
 # If a test succeeds a testdir/done/{name} file will be written.
 # If a test fails a testdir/failed/{name}.dump file will be written.
 test:
 	@# the "vimcmd" file is used by the screendump utils
-	@echo "$(VIMPROG)" > testdir/vimcmd
+	@echo "../$(VIMPROG)" > testdir/vimcmd
 	@echo "$(RUN_VIMTEST)" >> testdir/vimcmd
 	VIMRUNTIME=$(VIMRUNTIME) $(VIMPROG) --clean --not-a-term -u testdir/runtest.vim
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 56425ab..1235ac9 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1628,
+/**/
     1627,
 /**/
     1626,