diff --git a/test/dartdoc_test.dart b/test/dartdoc_test.dart
index 080604fce5..7a3339ed58 100644
--- a/test/dartdoc_test.dart
+++ b/test/dartdoc_test.dart
@@ -410,15 +410,20 @@ void main() {
     test('rel canonical prefix does not include base href', () async {
       final String prefix = 'foo.bar/baz';
       Dartdoc dartdoc = await buildDartdoc(
-          ['--rel-canonical-prefix', prefix], testPackageMinimumDir, tempDir);
+          ['--rel-canonical-prefix', prefix], testPackageDir, tempDir);
       await dartdoc.generateDocsBase();
 
-      File file = File(path.join(tempDir.path, 'small', 'small-library.html'));
-      expect(file.existsSync(), isTrue);
+      // Verify files at different levels have correct <link> content.
+      File level1 = File(path.join(tempDir.path, 'ex', 'Apple-class.html'));
+      expect(level1.existsSync(), isTrue);
       expect(
-          file.readAsStringSync(),
+          level1.readAsStringSync(),
           contains(
-              '<link rel="canonical" href="$prefix/small/small-library.html">'));
+              '<link rel="canonical" href="$prefix/ex/Apple-class.html">'));
+      File level2 = File(path.join(tempDir.path, 'ex', 'Apple', 'm.html'));
+      expect(level2.existsSync(), isTrue);
+      expect(level2.readAsStringSync(),
+          contains('<link rel="canonical" href="$prefix/ex/Apple/m.html">'));
     });
   }, timeout: Timeout.factor(8));
 }