diff --git a/tests/root/subdir.po b/tests/root/subdir.po
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f515f2207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/root/subdir.po
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+msgid "Including in subdir"
+msgstr "translation"