diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/inctest.i b/Examples/test-suite/inctest.i
index 0b07eb345..50e15b0af 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/inctest.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/inctest.i
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
  // including one. This is not right, it must include both,
  // as the well known compilers do.
  //
+ // Also repeats the test for the import directive in subdirectories
 
 %include "testdir/test.i"
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/inctest_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/inctest_runme.py
index 98cf9e4ff..e10f4544c 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/inctest_runme.py
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/inctest_runme.py
@@ -21,3 +21,12 @@ pass
 if error == 1:
   raise RuntimeError
 
+# Check the import in subdirectory worked
+if inctest.importtest1(5) != 15:
+  print "import test 1 failed"
+  raise RuntimeError
+
+if inctest.importtest2("black") != "white":
+  print "import test 2 failed"
+  raise RuntimeError
+