diff --git a/api/krusty/issue2896_test.go b/api/krusty/issue2896_test.go
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+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package krusty_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	kusttest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/testutils/kusttest"
+)
+
+func writeIssueBase(th kusttest_test.Harness) {
+	th.WriteK("base", `
+nameSuffix: -test-api
+
+resources:
+ - deploy.yaml
+`)
+	th.WriteF("base/deploy.yaml", `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: example
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: example
+          image: example:1.0
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: conf
+              mountPath: /etc/config
+      volumes:
+        - name: conf
+          configMap:
+            name: conf
+`)
+}
+
+func TestIssue2896Base(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	writeIssueBase(th)
+	m := th.Run("base", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: example-test-api
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: example:1.0
+        name: example
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/config
+          name: conf
+      volumes:
+      - configMap:
+          name: conf
+        name: conf
+`)
+}
+
+func TestIssue2896Overlay(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	writeIssueBase(th)
+	th.WriteK("overlay", `
+resources:
+  - ../base
+
+patches:
+  - patch: |-
+      apiVersion: apps/v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      metadata:
+        name: example
+      spec:
+        template:
+          spec:
+            containers:
+             - name: example
+               image: example:2.0
+`)
+
+	m := th.Run("overlay", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: example
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: example:2.0
+        name: example
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/config
+          name: conf
+      volumes:
+      - configMap:
+          name: conf
+        name: conf
+`)
+}