@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 misc/install-xattr/checkcopyattrs.sh | 11 ++++++++++-
 misc/install-xattr/install-xattr.c   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/misc/install-xattr/checkcopyattrs.sh	
+++ a/misc/install-xattr/checkcopyattrs.sh	
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 
 set -e
 
 touch a b c
-mkdir -p d e
+mkdir -p d e f
 setfattr -n user.foo -v "bar" a
 setfattr -n user.bas -v "x" a
 setfattr -n user.pax.flags -v "mr" a
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ setfattr -n user.pax.flags -v "r" c
 [ "$(getfattr --only-values -n user.pax.flags d/b)" == "p" ]
 [ "$(getfattr --only-values -n user.pax.flags d/c)" == "r" ]
 
+# This tests if the src file was inside a directory
+# the correct dst location should be f/a. NOT f/d/a.
+./install-xattr d/a f
+
+[ -x f/a ]
+[ ! -x f/d/a ]
+[ "$(getfattr --only-values -n user.foo f/a)" == "bar" ]
+[ "$(getfattr --only-values -n user.bas f/a)" == "x" ]
+
 ./install-xattr -t e a b c
 
 [ "$(getfattr --only-values -n user.foo e/a)" == "bar" ]
--- a/misc/install-xattr/install-xattr.c	
+++ a/misc/install-xattr/install-xattr.c	
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 					if (S_ISDIR(s.st_mode))
 						continue;
 
-					path = path_join(target, argv[i]);
+					path = path_join(target, basename(argv[i]));
 					copyxattr(argv[i], path);
 					free(path);
 				}
--