diff --git a/tests/t1/Makefile b/tests/t1/Makefile
index 13649410cc56608a57492665d562f67344cc441f..f3e1403d88e959253945dc55226c642ce1f2e90d 100644
--- a/tests/t1/Makefile
+++ b/tests/t1/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 all: run check
 
+DPY=$(shell PYTHONPATH=../../ python -c 'import debpython.version as v; print(v.vrepr(v.DEFAULT))')
 
 run: clean
 	dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ check:
 	test -f debian/python-foo/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/foo/__init__.py
 	test ! -f debian/python-foo/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/foo/spam.py
 	grep -q "Depends: .*python (<<" debian/python-foo/DEBIAN/control
+	[ `readlink debian/python-foo/usr/lib/python$(DPY)/dist-packages/foo/absolute_link_to_tmp` = /tmp ]
+	[ `readlink debian/python-foo/usr/lib/python$(DPY)/dist-packages/foo/link_to_parent_dir` = .. ]
 
 clean:
 	./debian/rules clean
diff --git a/tests/t1/debian/rules b/tests/t1/debian/rules
index c8aea4a4cc3957aa06a19eeb58546d84a50c7de3..93728703d0e424cfddf29291a93bc7955c2cb55b 100755
--- a/tests/t1/debian/rules
+++ b/tests/t1/debian/rules
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 override_dh_pysupport:
 	find debian/ -name jquery.js -exec \
 	ln -fs /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.js '{}' \;
+	find debian/ -name foo -type d -exec \
+	ln -s /tmp/ '{}/absolute_link_to_tmp' \;
+	find debian/ -name foo -type d -exec \
+	ln -s .. '{}/link_to_parent_dir' \;
 	DH_VERBOSE=1 ../../dh_python2\
 		--depends 'SQLAlchemy >= 0.6.1'\
 		--recommends Mako\