diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index 71963979b1..dc87fc7dd0 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_log, "BISECT_LOG")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_head_name, "head-name")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_names, "BISECT_NAMES")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_first_parent, "BISECT_FIRST_PARENT")
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
 
 static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-reset [<commit>]"),
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-replay <filename>"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-visualize"),
+	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-run <cmd>..."),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -1073,6 +1075,78 @@ static int bisect_visualize(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char **argv, int a
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int bisect_run(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char **argv, int argc)
+{
+	int res = BISECT_OK;
+	struct strbuf command = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strvec args = STRVEC_INIT;
+	struct strvec run_args = STRVEC_INIT;
+	int exit = 0;
+	int temporary_stdout_fd, saved_stdout;
+
+	if (bisect_next_check(terms, NULL))
+		return BISECT_FAILED;
+
+	if (argc)
+		sq_quote_argv(&command, argv);
+	else
+		return BISECT_FAILED;
+
+	run_args.v[0] = xstrdup(command.buf);
+	run_args.nr = 1;
+
+	while (1) {
+		strvec_clear(&args);
+		exit = 1;
+
+		printf(_("running %s"), command.buf);
+		res = run_command_v_opt(run_args.v, RUN_USING_SHELL);
+
+		if (res < 0 || 128 <= res) {
+			error(_("bisect run failed: exit code %d from"
+				" '%s' is < 0 or >= 128"), res, command.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&command);
+			return res;
+		}
+
+		if (res == 125)
+			strvec_push(&args, "skip");
+		else if (res > 0)
+			strvec_push(&args, terms->term_bad);
+		else
+			strvec_push(&args, terms->term_good);
+
+		temporary_stdout_fd = open(git_path_bisect_run(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+		saved_stdout = dup(1);
+		dup2(temporary_stdout_fd, 1);
+
+		res = bisect_state(terms, args.v, args.nr);
+
+		dup2(saved_stdout, 1);
+		close(saved_stdout);
+		close(temporary_stdout_fd);
+
+		if (res == BISECT_ONLY_SKIPPED_LEFT)
+			error(_("bisect run cannot continue any more"));
+		else if (res == BISECT_INTERNAL_SUCCESS_MERGE_BASE) {
+			printf(_("bisect run success"));
+			res = BISECT_OK;
+		} else if (res) {
+			error(_("bisect run failed:'git bisect--helper --bisect-state"
+			" %s' exited with error code %d"), args.v[0], res);
+		} else {
+			exit = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (exit) {
+			strbuf_release(&command);
+			strvec_clear(&args);
+			strvec_clear(&run_args);
+			return res;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	enum {
@@ -1087,6 +1161,7 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		BISECT_REPLAY,
 		BISECT_SKIP,
 		BISECT_VISUALIZE,
+		BISECT_RUN,
 	} cmdmode = 0;
 	int res = 0, nolog = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -1110,6 +1185,8 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 N_("skip some commits for checkout"), BISECT_SKIP),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-visualize", &cmdmode,
 			 N_("visualize the bisection"), BISECT_VISUALIZE),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-run", &cmdmode,
+			 N_("use <cmd>... to automatically bisect."), BISECT_RUN),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-log", &nolog,
 			 N_("no log for BISECT_WRITE")),
 		OPT_END()
@@ -1174,6 +1251,12 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		get_terms(&terms);
 		res = bisect_visualize(&terms, argv, argc);
 		break;
+	case BISECT_RUN:
+		if (!argc)
+			return error(_("bisect run failed: no command provided."));
+		get_terms(&terms);
+		res = bisect_run(&terms, argv, argc);
+		break;
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown subcommand %d", cmdmode);
 	}
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 95f7f3fb8c..e83d011e17 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -39,66 +39,6 @@ _x40="$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40"
 TERM_BAD=bad
 TERM_GOOD=good
 
-bisect_run () {
-	git bisect--helper --bisect-next-check $TERM_GOOD $TERM_BAD fail || exit
-
-	test -n "$*" || die "$(gettext "bisect run failed: no command provided.")"
-
-	while true
-	do
-		command="$@"
-		eval_gettextln "running \$command"
-		"$@"
-		res=$?
-
-		# Check for really bad run error.
-		if [ $res -lt 0 -o $res -ge 128 ]
-		then
-			eval_gettextln "bisect run failed:
-exit code \$res from '\$command' is < 0 or >= 128" >&2
-			exit $res
-		fi
-
-		# Find current state depending on run success or failure.
-		# A special exit code of 125 means cannot test.
-		if [ $res -eq 125 ]
-		then
-			state='skip'
-		elif [ $res -gt 0 ]
-		then
-			state="$TERM_BAD"
-		else
-			state="$TERM_GOOD"
-		fi
-
-		git bisect--helper --bisect-state $state >"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN"
-		res=$?
-
-		cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN"
-
-		if sane_grep "first $TERM_BAD commit could be any of" "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN" \
-			>/dev/null
-		then
-			gettextln "bisect run cannot continue any more" >&2
-			exit $res
-		fi
-
-		if [ $res -ne 0 ]
-		then
-			eval_gettextln "bisect run failed:
-'bisect-state \$state' exited with error code \$res" >&2
-			exit $res
-		fi
-
-		if sane_grep "is the first $TERM_BAD commit" "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN" >/dev/null
-		then
-			gettextln "bisect run success"
-			exit 0;
-		fi
-
-	done
-}
-
 get_terms () {
 	if test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_TERMS"
 	then
@@ -137,7 +77,7 @@ case "$#" in
 	log)
 		git bisect--helper --bisect-log || exit ;;
 	run)
-		bisect_run "$@" ;;
+		git bisect--helper --bisect-run "$@" || exit;;
 	terms)
 		git bisect--helper --bisect-terms "$@" || exit;;
 	*)
