diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index 09bfb04924520db75201a66382cf409f24a5b088..441ccaf18802ef9139efd2c38169a3c39a57799d 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -250,6 +250,13 @@ void flushAppendOnlyFile(int force) {
                                    strerror(errno),
                                    (long)nwritten,
                                    (long)sdslen(server.aof_buf));
+
+            if (ftruncate(server.aof_fd, server.aof_current_size) == -1) {
+                redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Could not remove short write "
+                         "from the append-only file.  Redis may refuse "
+                         "to load the AOF the next time it starts.  "
+                         "ftruncate: %s", strerror(errno));
+            }
         }
         exit(1);
     }
@@ -1093,6 +1100,8 @@ void backgroundRewriteDoneHandler(int exitcode, int bysignal) {
             server.aof_buf = sdsempty();
         }
 
+        server.aof_lastbgrewrite_status = REDIS_OK;
+
         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE, "Background AOF rewrite finished successfully");
         /* Change state from WAIT_REWRITE to ON if needed */
         if (server.aof_state == REDIS_AOF_WAIT_REWRITE)
@@ -1104,9 +1113,13 @@ void backgroundRewriteDoneHandler(int exitcode, int bysignal) {
         redisLog(REDIS_VERBOSE,
             "Background AOF rewrite signal handler took %lldus", ustime()-now);
     } else if (!bysignal && exitcode != 0) {
+        server.aof_lastbgrewrite_status = REDIS_ERR;
+
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
             "Background AOF rewrite terminated with error");
     } else {
+        server.aof_lastbgrewrite_status = REDIS_ERR;
+
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
             "Background AOF rewrite terminated by signal %d", bysignal);
     }
diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index e636aa9b550504c6fbccba0dac2f0d3fb5dd347b..f2c5e2c7004d34ae30946b6fe0bad29096df08bc 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@ void initServerConfig() {
     server.aof_last_fsync = time(NULL);
     server.aof_rewrite_time_last = -1;
     server.aof_rewrite_time_start = -1;
+    server.aof_lastbgrewrite_status = REDIS_OK;
     server.aof_delayed_fsync = 0;
     server.aof_fd = -1;
     server.aof_selected_db = -1; /* Make sure the first time will not match */
@@ -1967,12 +1968,13 @@ sds genRedisInfoString(char *section) {
             "aof_rewrite_in_progress:%d\r\n"
             "aof_rewrite_scheduled:%d\r\n"
             "aof_last_rewrite_time_sec:%ld\r\n"
-            "aof_current_rewrite_time_sec:%ld\r\n",
+            "aof_current_rewrite_time_sec:%ld\r\n"
+            "aof_last_bgrewrite_status:%s\r\n",
             server.loading,
             server.dirty,
             server.rdb_child_pid != -1,
             server.lastsave,
-            server.lastbgsave_status == REDIS_OK ? "ok" : "err",
+            (server.lastbgsave_status == REDIS_OK) ? "ok" : "err",
             server.rdb_save_time_last,
             (server.rdb_child_pid == -1) ?
                 -1 : time(NULL)-server.rdb_save_time_start,
@@ -1981,7 +1983,8 @@ sds genRedisInfoString(char *section) {
             server.aof_rewrite_scheduled,
             server.aof_rewrite_time_last,
             (server.aof_child_pid == -1) ?
-                -1 : time(NULL)-server.aof_rewrite_time_start);
+                -1 : time(NULL)-server.aof_rewrite_time_start,
+            (server.aof_lastbgrewrite_status == REDIS_OK) ? "ok" : "err");
 
         if (server.aof_state != REDIS_AOF_OFF) {
             info = sdscatprintf(info,
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index bee8cf4f15098335a9ad42911d215afc369f5a71..d12e944586d4f710c09f19e07b83b603f444ebb0 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     time_t aof_last_fsync;            /* UNIX time of last fsync() */
     time_t aof_rewrite_time_last;   /* Time used by last AOF rewrite run. */
     time_t aof_rewrite_time_start;  /* Current AOF rewrite start time. */
+    int aof_lastbgrewrite_status;   /* REDIS_OK or REDIS_ERR */
     unsigned long aof_delayed_fsync;  /* delayed AOF fsync() counter */
     /* RDB persistence */
     long long dirty;                /* Changes to DB from the last save */
diff --git a/src/sentinel.c b/src/sentinel.c
index 7bad05d042882c1784b182f9f7522085e767580a..1048e8c723866833b1d69886ec0b7c3d398c73cf 100644
--- a/src/sentinel.c
+++ b/src/sentinel.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 extern char **environ;