diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
index 34ffd5ce45..239eed2f7b 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ static volatile int deadly_signal = 0;	    /* The signal we caught */
 /* volatile because it is used in signal handler deathtrap(). */
 static volatile int in_mch_delay = FALSE;    /* sleeping in mch_delay() */
 
+#if defined(FEAT_JOB_CHANNEL) && !defined(USE_SYSTEM)
+static int dont_check_job_ended = 0;
+#endif
+
 static int curr_tmode = TMODE_COOK;	/* contains current terminal mode */
 
 #ifdef USE_XSMP
@@ -4503,7 +4507,9 @@ mch_call_shell(
 	    catch_signals(SIG_IGN, SIG_ERR);
 	    catch_int_signal();
 	    UNBLOCK_SIGNALS(&curset);
-
+# ifdef FEAT_JOB_CHANNEL
+	    ++dont_check_job_ended;
+# endif
 	    /*
 	     * For the GUI we redirect stdin, stdout and stderr to our window.
 	     * This is also used to pipe stdin/stdout to/from the external
@@ -5052,6 +5058,10 @@ finished:
 		wait4pid(wpid, NULL);
 	    }
 
+# ifdef FEAT_JOB_CHANNEL
+	    --dont_check_job_ended;
+# endif
+
 	    /*
 	     * Set to raw mode right now, otherwise a CTRL-C after
 	     * catch_signals() will kill Vim.
@@ -5385,6 +5395,14 @@ mch_detect_ended_job(job_T *job_list)
     pid_t	wait_pid = 0;
     job_T	*job;
 
+# ifndef USE_SYSTEM
+    /* Do not do this when waiting for a shell command to finish, we would get
+     * the exit value here (and discard it), the exit value obtained there
+     * would then be wrong.  */
+    if (dont_check_job_ended > 0)
+	return NULL;
+# endif
+
 # ifdef __NeXT__
     wait_pid = wait4(-1, &status, WNOHANG, (struct rusage *)0);
 # else
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak b/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak
index 33306910ad..ab6a60b924 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_ming.mak
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ win32:	fixff nolog $(SCRIPTS_FIRST) $(SCRIPTS) $(SCRIPTS_WIN32) newtests
 fixff:
 	-$(VIMPROG) -u dos.vim $(NO_PLUGIN) "+argdo set ff=dos|upd" +q *.in *.ok
 	-$(VIMPROG) -u dos.vim $(NO_PLUGIN) "+argdo set ff=unix|upd" +q \
-		dotest.in test60.ok test71.ok test74.ok test_listchars.ok \
+		dotest.in test60.ok test_listchars.ok \
 		test_getcwd.ok test_wordcount.ok
 
 clean:
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 124e84f766..6475b06fbb 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -779,6 +779,10 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    71,
+/**/
+    70,
 /**/
     69,
 /**/