diff --git a/test cases/common/27 library versions/meson.build b/test cases/common/27 library versions/meson.build
index 3b2c6e9ea..2e2bef769 100644
--- a/test cases/common/27 library versions/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/common/27 library versions/meson.build	
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ shared_library('somelib', 'lib.c',
   name_suffix : 'suffix',
   install_dir : 'lib',
   install : true)
+
+subdir('subdir')
diff --git a/test cases/common/27 library versions/subdir/meson.build b/test cases/common/27 library versions/subdir/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b51033d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/27 library versions/subdir/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Test that using files generated with configure_file as sources works.
+# We do this inside a subdir so that the path isn't accidentally correct
+# because there is no structure in the build dir.
+genlib = configure_file(input : '../lib.c',
+  output : 'genlib.c',
+  configuration : configuration_data())
+shared_library('genlib', genlib,
+  install : false)