diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example-depends.bb b/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example-depends.bb
index a139d0927b..77251f4e27 100644
--- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example-depends.bb
+++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example-depends.bb
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-user3"
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
 
 do_install () {
-	install -d -m 755 ${D}/home/user1
-	install -p -m 644 file5 ${D}/home/user1/file5
-	chown -R user1:group1 ${D}/home/user1/file5
+	install -d -m 755 ${D}/home/user1/somedir
+	install -p -m 644 file5 ${D}/home/user1/somedir/file5
+	chown -R user1:group1 ${D}/home/user1/somedir
 
 	install -d -m 755 ${D}${datadir}/user1-extras
 	install -d -m 755 ${D}${datadir}/user3-extras
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ do_install () {
 	chgrp -R group3 ${D}${datadir}/user3-extras
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} = "${datadir}/user1-extras/* /home/user1/file5"
+FILES_${PN} = "${datadir}/user1-extras/* /home/user1/somedir/file5"
 FILES_${PN}-user3 = "${datadir}/user3-extras/*"
 
 # Prevents do_package failures with:
diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example.bb b/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example.bb
index 7c5b9d0503..0f35dd1691 100644
--- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example.bb
+++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/useradd/useradd-example.bb
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ do_install () {
 	install -d -m 755 ${D}${datadir}/user2
 	install -d -m 755 ${D}${datadir}/user3
 
+	install -d -m 755 ${D}/home/user1
+	chown -R user1:group1 ${D}/home/user1
+
 	install -p -m 644 file1 ${D}${datadir}/user1/
 	install -p -m 644 file2 ${D}${datadir}/user1/
 
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ do_install () {
 	chgrp -R group3 ${D}${datadir}/user3
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} = "${datadir}/user1/* ${datadir}/user2/*"
+FILES_${PN} = "${datadir}/user1/* ${datadir}/user2/* /home/user1"
 FILES_${PN}-user3 = "${datadir}/user3/*"
 
 # Prevents do_package failures with: