diff --git a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html
index a13b336e4d..68594f9ed4 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html
+++ b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ some paragraph to fix showdown's four space parsing below.
 </template>
 
 <template name="spacebars_template_test_markdown_inclusion_subtmpl">
-  <span>Nothing in particular</span>
+  <span>{{#if foo}}Foo is {{foo}}.{{/if}}</span>
 </template>
 
 <template name="spacebars_template_test_markdown_block_helpers">
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js
index ad7897b0d5..98730c51ab 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js
@@ -1121,8 +1121,10 @@ Tinytest.add('spacebars - templates - #markdown - each', function (test) {
 
 Tinytest.add('spacebars - templates - #markdown - inclusion', function (test) {
   var tmpl = Template.spacebars_template_test_markdown_inclusion;
+  var subtmpl = Template.spacebars_template_test_markdown_inclusion_subtmpl;
+  subtmpl.foo = "bar";
   var div = renderToDiv(tmpl);
-  test.equal(divContentForMarkdown(div), "<p><span>Nothing in particular</span></p>");
+  test.equal(divContentForMarkdown(div), "<p><span>Foo is bar.</span></p>");
 });
 
 Tinytest.add('spacebars - templates - #markdown - block helpers', function (test) {