diff --git a/xtests/dirs b/xtests/dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9cb4b6e53cd773604469ce7a29aff30751a10811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtests/dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.
+..
+/
diff --git a/xtests/run.sh b/xtests/run.sh
index 9d2e5183adcfc2fadd09178c5781d901fa54efad..33af7b3d5d10666c355b3b9967685e83f239bc53 100755
--- a/xtests/run.sh
+++ b/xtests/run.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ $exa $testcases/file-names-exts/music.* -I "*.ogg|*.mp3" -1 2>&1 | diff -q - $re
 # These directories are created in the VM user’s home directory (the default
 # location) when a Cargo build is done.
 (cd; $exa -1d target target/debug target/debug/build | diff -q - $results/dir_paths) || exit 1
+     $exa -1d . .. /                                 | diff -q - $results/dirs       || exit 1
 
 
 # Links