diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index ee6c1daf2..bdc55f2b5 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -1564,8 +1564,8 @@ void cmMakefile::ConfigureSubDirectory(cmLocalGenerator *lg2)
     cmSystemTools::Message(msg.c_str());
     }
 
-  currentStart += "/CMakeLists.txt";
-  if(!cmSystemTools::FileExists(currentStart.c_str(), true))
+  std::string const currentStartFile = currentStart + "/CMakeLists.txt";
+  if (!cmSystemTools::FileExists(currentStartFile, true))
     {
     // The file is missing.  Check policy CMP0014.
     std::ostringstream e;
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
index 81029cdcc..4e7c7b324 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ add_RunCMake_test(Syntax)
 add_RunCMake_test(add_custom_command)
 add_RunCMake_test(add_custom_target)
 add_RunCMake_test(add_dependencies)
+add_RunCMake_test(add_subdirectory)
 add_RunCMake_test(build_command)
 add_RunCMake_test(execute_process)
 add_RunCMake_test(export)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18dfd2686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+project(${RunCMake_TEST} NONE)
+include(${RunCMake_TEST}.cmake)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..369a956e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+^CMake Error at DoesNotExist.cmake:1 \(add_subdirectory\):
+  add_subdirectory given source "DoesNotExist" which is not an existing
+  directory.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe2945ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/DoesNotExist.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(DoesNotExist)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba06755a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+^CMake Error at Missing.cmake:1 \(add_subdirectory\):
+  The source directory
+
+    .*/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing
+
+  does not contain a CMakeLists.txt file.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e6892763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(Missing)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing/Missing.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/Missing/Missing.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/RunCMakeTest.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3ddec8ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include(RunCMake)
+
+run_cmake(DoesNotExist)
+run_cmake(Missing)