diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml
index fa9adbd7f..2e5df163e 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml
@@ -142,4 +142,9 @@
              />
   </target>
 
+  <!-- Bugzilla Report 20840 -->
+  <target name="createParentDirs" depends="init">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="." destdir="result" includes="input/Junk1.java"/>
+  </target>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java
index 0faa3fa2f..7cc7ec1ad 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -202,6 +202,16 @@ public class FixCrLfTest extends BuildFileTest {
                            new File("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/result/crcrlf"));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Bugzilla Report 20840
+     *
+     * Will fail with an exception if the parent directories do not
+     * get created.
+     */
+    public void testCreateParentDirs() { 
+        executeTarget("createParentDirs");
+    }
+
     public void assertEqualContent(File expect, File result) 
         throws AssertionFailedError, IOException {
         if (!result.exists()) {