diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/rustdoc-internals/search.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/rustdoc-internals/search.md
index beff0a94c1ecd..9cf59ea0c3812 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/rustdoc-internals/search.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/rustdoc-internals/search.md
@@ -521,4 +521,25 @@ const EXPECTED = [
     returned: [],
   },
 ]
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+If the [`//@ revisions`] directive is used, the JS file will
+have access to a variable called `REVISION`.
+
+```js
+const EXPECTED = [
+  // This first test targets name-based search.
+  {
+    query: "constructor",
+    others: REVISION === "has_constructor" ?
+      [
+        { path: "constructor_search", name: "constructor" },
+      ] :
+      [],
+    in_args: [],
+    returned: [],
+  },
+];
+```
+
+[`//@ revisions`]: ../tests/compiletest.md#revisions
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/js_doc.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/js_doc.rs
index 93b05617e6f8c..f7c2e6f01180a 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/js_doc.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/js_doc.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ impl TestCx<'_> {
                     .arg("--crate-name")
                     .arg(file_stem.replace("-", "_"))
                     .arg("--test-file")
-                    .arg(self.testpaths.file.with_extension("js")),
+                    .arg(self.testpaths.file.with_extension("js"))
+                    .arg("--revision")
+                    .arg(self.revision.unwrap_or_default()),
             );
             if !res.status.success() {
                 self.fatal_proc_rec("rustdoc-js test failed!", &res);
diff --git a/src/tools/rustdoc-js/tester.js b/src/tools/rustdoc-js/tester.js
index ff809d58e907c..124839efdd029 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustdoc-js/tester.js
+++ b/src/tools/rustdoc-js/tester.js
@@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ function hasCheck(content, checkName) {
     return content.startsWith(`const ${checkName}`) || content.includes(`\nconst ${checkName}`);
 }
 
-async function runChecks(testFile, doSearch, parseQuery) {
+async function runChecks(testFile, doSearch, parseQuery, revision) {
     let checkExpected = false;
     let checkParsed = false;
-    let testFileContent = readFile(testFile);
+    let testFileContent = `const REVISION = "${revision}";\n${readFile(testFile)}`;
 
     if (testFileContent.indexOf("FILTER_CRATE") !== -1) {
         testFileContent += "exports.FILTER_CRATE = FILTER_CRATE;";
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ function parseOptions(args) {
         "doc_folder": "",
         "test_folder": "",
         "test_file": [],
+        "revision": "",
     };
     const correspondences = {
         "--resource-suffix": "resource_suffix",
@@ -555,6 +556,7 @@ function parseOptions(args) {
         "--test-folder": "test_folder",
         "--test-file": "test_file",
         "--crate-name": "crate_name",
+        "--revision": "revision",
     };
 
     for (let i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) {
@@ -611,7 +613,7 @@ async function main(argv) {
     if (opts["test_file"].length !== 0) {
         for (const file of opts["test_file"]) {
             process.stdout.write(`Testing ${file} ... `);
-            errors += await runChecks(file, doSearch, parseAndSearch.parseQuery);
+            errors += await runChecks(file, doSearch, parseAndSearch.parseQuery, opts.revision);
         }
     } else if (opts["test_folder"].length !== 0) {
         for (const file of fs.readdirSync(opts["test_folder"])) {
@@ -619,7 +621,7 @@ async function main(argv) {
                 continue;
             }
             process.stdout.write(`Testing ${file} ... `);
-            errors += await runChecks(path.join(opts["test_folder"], file), doSearch,
+            errors += await runChecks(path.join(opts["test_folder"], file, ""), doSearch,
                     parseAndSearch.parseQuery);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-js/auxiliary/merged-dep.rs b/tests/rustdoc-js/auxiliary/merged-dep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fadeb6c65270e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-js/auxiliary/merged-dep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//@ unique-doc-out-dir
+//@ doc-flags:--merge=none
+//@ doc-flags:--parts-out-dir=info/doc.parts/merged-dep
+//@ doc-flags:-Zunstable-options
+
+pub struct Dep;
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-js/merged-doc.js b/tests/rustdoc-js/merged-doc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4380abb5912ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-js/merged-doc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const EXPECTED = [
+    {
+        'query': 'merged_doc::Doc',
+        'others': [
+            { 'path': 'merged_doc', 'name': 'Doc' },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        'query': 'merged_dep::Dep',
+        'others': REVISION === "nomerge" ? [] :
+            [
+                { 'path': 'merged_dep', 'name': 'Dep' },
+            ],
+    },
+];
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-js/merged-doc.rs b/tests/rustdoc-js/merged-doc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ef7ce4b1fd365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-js/merged-doc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//@ revisions: merge nomerge
+//@ aux-build:merged-dep.rs
+//@ build-aux-docs
+//@[merge] doc-flags:--merge=finalize
+//@[merge] doc-flags:--include-parts-dir=info/doc.parts/merged-dep
+//@[merge] doc-flags:-Zunstable-options
+
+extern crate merged_dep;
+
+pub struct Doc;