diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
index 65064012a2..8ab6d4ac19 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
       - "dir_attrs.stat.pw_name == 'nobody'"
       - "dir_attrs.stat.mode == '0755'"
 
+- name: Check that template to a dirctory where the directory does not end with a / is allowed
+  template: src=foo.j2 dest={{output_dir | expanduser}}/template-dir mode=0600 owner=root group=root
+
 - name: make a symlink to the templated file
   file:
     path: '{{ output_dir }}/foo.symlink'