diff --git a/resources/function_help/coalesce-en_US b/resources/function_help/coalesce-en_US
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3673dc29a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/function_help/coalesce-en_US
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<h3>coalesce() function</h3>
+Returns the first non-NULL value from the expression list.
+<br>
+This function can take any number of arguments.
+<h4>Syntax</h4>
+<code>coalesce(expression1, expression2 ...)</code><br>
+
+<h4>Arguments</h4>
+<code>expression</code> - any valid expression or value, irregardless of type.
+<br>
+
+<h4>Example</h4>
+<!-- Show example of function.-->
+<code>coalesce(NULL, 2) &rarr; 2</code><br>
+<code>coalesce(NULL, 2, 3) &rarr; 2</code><br>
+<code>coalesce(7, NULL, 3*2) &rarr; 7</code><br><br>
+<code>coalesce("fieldA", "fallbackField", 'ERROR') &rarr; value of fieldA if it is non-NULL
+ else the value of "fallbackField" or the string 'ERROR' if both are NULL</code><br>
+
diff --git a/src/providers/grass/CMakeLists.txt b/src/providers/grass/CMakeLists.txt
index 90d3e2968e4..6b406889fc0 100644
--- a/src/providers/grass/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/providers/grass/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(qgis.g.info
   ${GRASS_LIBRARY_gproj}
   ${GDAL_LIBRARY}
 )
+IF (UNIX)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(qgis.g.info m)
+ENDIF (UNIX)
 
 ########################################################
 # Install
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp
index b48afd12bd5..675b3b49dda 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ class TestQgsExpression: public QObject
       QTest::newRow( "condition else" ) << "case when 1=0 then 'bad' else 678 end" << false << QVariant( 678 );
       QTest::newRow( "condition null" ) << "case when length(123)=0 then 111 end" << false << QVariant();
       QTest::newRow( "condition 2 when" ) << "case when 2>3 then 23 when 3>2 then 32 else 0 end" << false << QVariant( 32 );
+      QTest::newRow( "coalesce null" ) << "coalesce(NULL)" << false << QVariant( );
+      QTest::newRow( "coalesce mid-null" ) << "coalesce(1, NULL, 3)" << false << QVariant( 1 );
+      QTest::newRow( "coalesce exp" ) << "coalesce(NULL, 1+1)" << false << QVariant( 2 );
 
       // Datetime functions
       QTest::newRow( "to date" ) << "todate('2012-06-28')" << false << QVariant( QDate( 2012, 6, 28 ) );