diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 50377cc2f5f9..86b793dffbc4 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         libpython                       \
         libpython-version               \
         libslang                        \
+        libslang-include-subdir         \
         libcrypto                       \
         libunwind                       \
         pthread-attr-setaffinity-np     \
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY ?=              \
          numa_num_possible_cpus \
          libperl                \
          libpython              \
-         libslang               \
          libcrypto              \
          libunwind              \
          libdw-dwarf-unwind     \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 7ef7cf04a292..0658b8cd0e53 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-libpython.bin                     \
          test-libpython-version.bin             \
          test-libslang.bin                      \
+         test-libslang-include-subdir.bin       \
          test-libcrypto.bin                     \
          test-libunwind.bin                     \
          test-libunwind-debug-frame.bin         \
@@ -184,6 +185,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libaudit.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libslang.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lslang
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-libslang-include-subdir.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lslang
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-libcrypto.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lcrypto
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libslang-include-subdir.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libslang-include-subdir.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ea47ec7590e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libslang-include-subdir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <slang/slang.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return SLsmg_init_smg();
+}