diff --git a/apps/req.c b/apps/req.c
index 9b85600e10..a9009d6c7d 100644
--- a/apps/req.c
+++ b/apps/req.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ int req_main(int argc, char **argv)
         X509V3_CTX ctx;
 
         X509V3_set_ctx_test(&ctx);
-        X509V3_set_nconf(&ctx, addext_conf);
+        X509V3_set_nconf(&ctx, req_conf);
         if (!X509V3_EXT_add_nconf(addext_conf, &ctx, "default", NULL)) {
             BIO_printf(bio_err, "Error checking extensions defined using -addext\n");
             goto end;
diff --git a/test/recipes/25-test_req.t b/test/recipes/25-test_req.t
index 50188cbae5..3d4cbcec62 100644
--- a/test/recipes/25-test_req.t
+++ b/test/recipes/25-test_req.t
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use OpenSSL::Test qw/:DEFAULT srctop_file/;
 
 setup("test_req");
 
-plan tests => 107;
+plan tests => 108;
 
 require_ok(srctop_file('test', 'recipes', 'tconversion.pl'));
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ ok(!run(app([@addext_args, "-addext", $val, "-addext", $val2])));
 ok(!run(app([@addext_args, "-addext", $val, "-addext", $val3])));
 ok(!run(app([@addext_args, "-addext", $val2, "-addext", $val3])));
 ok(run(app([@addext_args, "-addext", "SXNetID=1:one, 2:two, 3:three"])));
+ok(run(app([@addext_args, "-addext", "subjectAltName=dirName:dirname_sec"])));
 
 # If a CSR is provided with neither of -key or -CA/-CAkey, this should fail.
 ok(!run(app(["openssl", "req", "-x509",
diff --git a/test/test.cnf b/test/test.cnf
index 8b2f92ad8e..8f68982a9f 100644
--- a/test/test.cnf
+++ b/test/test.cnf
@@ -72,3 +72,9 @@ commonName			= CN field
 commonName_value		= Eric Young
 emailAddress			= email field
 emailAddress_value		= eay@mincom.oz.au
+
+[ dirname_sec ]
+C  = UK
+O  = My Organization
+OU = My Unit
+CN = My Name