--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2022 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 'dist_' prefixes.
+
+. test-init.sh
+
+cat >> configure.ac <<'EOF'
+AC_OUTPUT
+EOF
+
+cat > Makefile.am <<'EOF'
+foodir = $(prefix)/foo
+
+bardir = $(prefix)/bar
+
+sub/nodist.dat:
+ $(MKDIR_P) sub
+ : > $@
+
+nobase_foo_DATA = sub/nodist.dat
+nobase_dist_foo_DATA = sub/dist.dat
+
+dist_bar_DATA = sub/base.dat
+nobase_dist_bar_DATA = sub/nobase.dat
+
+CLEANFILES = sub/nodist.dat
+EOF
+
+mkdir sub
+
+: > sub/dist.dat
+: > sub/nobase.dat
+: > sub/base.dat
+
+rm -f install-sh
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOCONF
+$AUTOMAKE -a
+./configure --prefix "$(pwd)/inst"
+
+$MAKE
+$MAKE install
+
+test -f inst/foo/sub/nodist.dat
+test -f inst/foo/sub/dist.dat
+
+test -f inst/bar/sub/nobase.dat
+test -f inst/bar/base.dat
+
+$MAKE distcheck
+
+: