diff --git a/components/site/tests/site.rs b/components/site/tests/site.rs
index bd038689..717e83ee 100644
--- a/components/site/tests/site.rs
+++ b/components/site/tests/site.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fn can_parse_site() {
     site.load().unwrap();
 
     // Correct number of pages (sections do not count as pages)
-    assert_eq!(site.library.pages().len(), 20);
+    assert_eq!(site.library.pages().len(), 21);
     let posts_path = path.join("content").join("posts");
 
     // Make sure the page with a url doesn't have any sections
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fn can_parse_site() {
     assert_eq!(asset_folder_post.file.components, vec!["posts".to_string()]);
 
     // That we have the right number of sections
-    assert_eq!(site.library.sections().len(), 10);
+    assert_eq!(site.library.sections().len(), 11);
 
     // And that the sections are correct
     let index_section = site.library.get_section(&path.join("content").join("_index.md")).unwrap();
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ fn can_apply_page_templates() {
     let template_path = path.join("content").join("applying_page_template");
 
     let template_section = site.library.get_section(&template_path.join("_index.md")).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(template_section.subsections.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(template_section.subsections.len(), 2);
     assert_eq!(template_section.pages.len(), 2);
 
     let from_section_config = site.library.get_page_by_key(template_section.pages[0]);
@@ -591,4 +591,13 @@ fn can_apply_page_templates() {
     let changed_recursively = site.library.get_page_by_key(another_section.pages[0]);
     assert_eq!(changed_recursively.meta.template, Some("page_template.html".into()));
     assert_eq!(changed_recursively.meta.title, Some("Changed recursively".into()));
+
+    // But it should not have override a children page_template
+    let yet_another_section = site.library.get_section(&template_path.join("yet_another_section").join("_index.md")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(yet_another_section.subsections.len(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(yet_another_section.pages.len(), 1);
+
+    let child = site.library.get_page_by_key(yet_another_section.pages[0]);
+    assert_eq!(child.meta.template, Some("page_template_child.html".into()));
+    assert_eq!(child.meta.title, Some("Local section override".into()));
 }
diff --git a/test_site/content/applying_page_template/yet_another_section/_index.md b/test_site/content/applying_page_template/yet_another_section/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ead9c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_site/content/applying_page_template/yet_another_section/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
++++
+page_template = "page_template_child.html"
+sort_by = "weight"
++++
diff --git a/test_site/content/applying_page_template/yet_another_section/post.md b/test_site/content/applying_page_template/yet_another_section/post.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dcd943d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_site/content/applying_page_template/yet_another_section/post.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
++++
+title = "Local section override"
+weight = 0
++++
diff --git a/test_site/templates/page_template_child.html b/test_site/templates/page_template_child.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73d28620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_site/templates/page_template_child.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% extends "index.html" %}
+{% block content %}
+    <h1>Another page template, specified with the "page_template" key in the front matter but from a child
+    of a section with also a "page_template" key</h1>
+    {{ page.content | safe }}
+    {% if page.earlier %}Previous article: {{ page.earlier.permalink }}{% endif %}
+    {% if page.later %}Next article: {{ page.later.permalink }}{% endif %}
+{% endblock content %}