--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2012 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/>.
+
+# Check against automake bug#10997: directories holding only
+# conditionally-installed files should not be created unconditionally.
+
+. ./defs || Exit 1
+
+set -e
+
+cat >> configure.in << 'END'
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_FOO], [false])
+AC_OUTPUT
+END
+
+: > foo
+: > bar
+
+cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
+if ENABLE_FOO
+pkgdata_DATA = foo
+pkglibexec_SCRIPTS = bar
+endif
+END
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOMAKE
+$AUTOCONF
+
+./configure --prefix="`pwd`/inst"
+
+$MAKE install
+test ! -d inst/share/instdir-cond
+test ! -d inst/libexec/instdir-cond
+
+: