diff --git a/test/custom.pages.dir.js b/test/custom-dirs.test.js
similarity index 78%
rename from test/custom.pages.dir.js
rename to test/custom-dirs.test.js
index 00400c21fa..cd311a6f1b 100644
--- a/test/custom.pages.dir.js
+++ b/test/custom-dirs.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let builder = null
 
 // Init nuxt.js and create server listening on localhost:4000
 test.before('Init Nuxt.js', async t => {
-  const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/custom-pages-dir')
+  const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/custom-dirs')
   let config = require(resolve(rootDir, 'nuxt.config.js'))
   config.rootDir = rootDir
   config.dev = false
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@ test.before('Init Nuxt.js', async t => {
   t.true(logSpy.calledWithMatch('OPEN'))
 })
 
-test('/', async t => {
+test('/ (custom pages directory)', async t => {
   const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/')
   t.true(html.includes('<h1>I have custom pages directory</h1>'))
 })
 
+test('/ (custom assets directory)', async t => {
+  const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/')
+  t.true(html.includes('.global-css-selector'))
+})
+
 // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
 test.after.always('Closing server and nuxt.js', async t => {
   await nuxt.close()
diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-assets/app.css b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-assets/app.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f69fcd8bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-assets/app.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.global-css-selector {
+  color: red;
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/custom-pages/index.vue b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-pages/index.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/custom-pages/index.vue
rename to test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-pages/index.vue
diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/nuxt.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ca07b3cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/nuxt.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = {
+  assetsDir: 'custom-assets',
+  pagesDir: 'custom-pages',
+  css: [{ src: '~/custom-assets/app.css' }]
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/package.json b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/package.json
similarity index 61%
rename from test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/package.json
rename to test/fixtures/custom-dirs/package.json
index de28318ece..d3db7bec4d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/package.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "custom-pages-dir",
+  "name": "custom-dirs",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "dependencies": {}
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/nuxt.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cf6019e1d..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/custom-pages-dir/nuxt.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  pagesDir: 'custom-pages'
-}