--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Interaction of `nobase_' and `nodist_' prefixes.
+
+. ./defs || Exit 1
+
+set -e
+
+# Simulate no emacs and no python (it shouldn't be needed in this test).
+EMACS="no" PYTHON=":"; export EMCAS PYTHON
+
+cat >> configure.in << 'END'
+AM_PATH_LISPDIR
+AM_PATH_PYTHON([], [], [:])
+# Simulate no javac (it shouldn't be needed in this test).
+AC_SUBST([JAVAC], [false])
+AC_OUTPUT
+END
+
+cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
+nobase_nodist_noinst_PYTHON = baz1.py sub/baz2.py
+# Lisp and Java sources are not distributed by default, so try both
+# with and without the `nodist_' prefix, for more coverage.
+nobase_noinst_LISP = foo1.el sub/foo2.el
+nobase_nodist_noinst_LISP = foo3.el sub/foo4.el
+nobase_noinst_JAVA = bar1.java sub/bar2.java
+nobase_nodist_noinst_JAVA = bar3.java sub/bar4.java
+END
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOCONF
+$AUTOMAKE -a
+./configure
+$MAKE distdir
+
+ls -l $distdir $distdir/* # For debugging.
+test ! -f $distdir/foo1.el
+test ! -f $distdir/sub/foo2.el
+test ! -f $distdir/foo3.el
+test ! -f $distdir/sub/foo4.el
+test ! -f $distdir/bar1.java
+test ! -f $distdir/sub/bar2.java
+test ! -f $distdir/bar3.java
+test ! -f $distdir/sub/bar4.java
+test ! -f $distdir/baz1.py
+test ! -f $distdir/sub/baz2.py
+
+: