diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 3ee7da0e23..53d4ce578e 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -441,26 +441,43 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),NONSTOP_KERNEL)
 	# INLINE='' would just replace one set of warnings with another and
 	# still not compile in c89 mode, due to non-const array initializations.
 	CC = cc -c99
+	# Build down-rev compatible objects that don't use our new getopt_long.
+	ifeq ($(uname_R).$(uname_V),J06.21)
+		CC += -WRVU=J06.20
+	endif
+	ifeq ($(uname_R).$(uname_V),L17.02)
+		CC += -WRVU=L16.05
+	endif
 	# Disable all optimization, seems to result in bad code, with -O or -O2
 	# or even -O1 (default), /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-pack-objects
 	# abends on "git push". Needs more investigation.
-	CFLAGS = -g -O0
+	CFLAGS = -g -O0 -Winline
 	# We'd want it to be here.
 	prefix = /usr/local
-	# Our's are in ${prefix}/bin (perl might also be in /usr/bin/perl).
-	PERL_PATH = ${prefix}/bin/perl
-	PYTHON_PATH = ${prefix}/bin/python
-
+	# perl and python must be in /usr/bin on NonStop - supplied by HPE
+	# with operating system in that managed directory.
+	PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
+	PYTHON_PATH = /usr/bin/python
+	# The current /usr/coreutils/rm at lowest support level does not work
+	# with the git test structure. Long paths as in
+	# 'trash directory...' cause rm to terminate prematurely without fully
+	# removing the directory at OS releases J06.21 and L17.02.
+	# Default to the older rm until those two releases are deprecated.
+	RM = /bin/rm -f
 	# As detected by './configure'.
 	# Missdetected, hence commented out, see below.
 	#NO_CURL = YesPlease
 	# Added manually, see above.
+	NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL = YesPlease
+	NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL = YesPlease
+	HAVE_DEV_TTY = YesPlease
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	HAVE_STRINGS_H = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_LIBINTL_BEFORE_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	NO_SYS_SELECT_H = UnfortunatelyYes
 	NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease
+	NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease
 	NO_HSTRERROR = YesPlease
 	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
 	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
@@ -470,7 +487,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),NONSTOP_KERNEL)
 	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
 	# Currently libiconv-1.9.1.
 	OLD_ICONV = UnfortunatelyYes
-	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
+	NO_REGEX = NeedsStartEnd
 	NO_PTHREADS = UnfortunatelyYes
 
 	# Not detected (nor checked for) by './configure'.