diff --git a/.cockpit-ci/run b/.cockpit-ci/run
index ecf84289..d6032cf1 100755
--- a/.cockpit-ci/run
+++ b/.cockpit-ci/run
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ set -eux
 
 if [ -n "$TEST_ATTACHMENTS" ]; then
     echo "heisenberg compensator at 99.8% efficiency" > "$TEST_ATTACHMENTS"/bogus.log
+    mkdir -p $TEST_ATTACHMENTS/data
+    echo "subdir-file" > $TEST_ATTACHMENTS/data/subdir-file.txt
 fi
 make check
diff --git a/tasks/run-local.sh b/tasks/run-local.sh
index 26a4c04a..23afb594 100755
--- a/tasks/run-local.sh
+++ b/tasks/run-local.sh
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ test_pr() {
     if [ "${PR_REPO%/cockpituous}" != "$PR_REPO" ]; then
         BOGUS_LOG=$($CURL ${LOG_URL%/log}/bogus.log)
         assert_in 'heisenberg compensator' "$BOGUS_LOG"
+        BOGUS_SUBDIR_LOG=$($CURL ${LOG_URL%/log}/data/subdir-file.txt)
+        assert_in 'subdir-file' "$BOGUS_LOG"
     fi
 }