diff --git a/core/local/change.js b/core/local/change.js
index 37819c953..759cbfef6 100644
--- a/core/local/change.js
+++ b/core/local/change.js
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ const sideName = 'local'
 function build (type /*: string */, path /*: string */, opts /*: ?{stats?: fs.Stats, md5sum?: string, old?: ?Metadata} */) /*: LocalChange */ {
   const change /*: Object */ = _.assign({sideName, type, path}, opts)
   if (change.wip == null) delete change.wip
+  if (change.overwrite == null) delete change.overwrite
   if (change.md5sum == null) delete change.md5sum
   return change
 }
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ function dirMoveFromUnlinkAdd (unlinkChange /*: LocalDirDeletion */, e /*: Local
     stats: e.stats,
     old: unlinkChange.old,
     ino: unlinkChange.ino,
+    overwrite: e.old,
     wip: e.wip
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/local/finder_manual.json b/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/local/finder_manual.json
index 9c5ecca4b..f0fc652b9 100644
--- a/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/local/finder_manual.json
+++ b/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/local/finder_manual.json
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
       "ctime": "2017-10-09T13:22:01.546Z"
     }
   },
+  {
+    "type": "addDir",
+    "path": "dst/dir/subdir/subsub",
+    "stats": {
+      "ino": 15,
+      "mtime": "2017-10-09T13:21:59.535Z",
+      "ctime": "2017-10-09T13:22:01.546Z"
+    }
+  },
   {
     "type": "addDir",
     "path": "dst/dir",
@@ -45,6 +54,10 @@
     "type": "unlink",
     "path": "dst/dir/subdir/file5"
   },
+  {
+    "type": "unlinkDir",
+    "path": "dst/dir/subdir/subsub"
+  },
   {
     "type": "unlink",
     "path": "dst/dir/subdir/file"
diff --git a/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/scenario.js b/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/scenario.js
index 217a69876..0ea525cbd 100644
--- a/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/scenario.js
+++ b/test/scenarios/move_overwriting_dir/scenario.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ module.exports = ({
     { ino: 11, path: 'src/dir/file', content: 'overwriter' },
     { ino: 12, path: 'src/dir/subdir/file', content: 'sub-overwriter' },
     { ino: 13, path: 'src/dir/subdir/file6', content: 'sub-other' },
-    { ino: 14, path: 'src/dir/file2', content: 'other' }
+    { ino: 14, path: 'src/dir/file2', content: 'other' },
+    { ino: 15, path: 'src/dir/subdir/subsub/' }
   ],
   actions: [
     {type: 'mv', force: true, src: 'src/dir', dst: 'dst/dir'}
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ module.exports = ({
       'dst/dir/subdir/',
       'dst/dir/subdir/file',
       'dst/dir/subdir/file6',
+      'dst/dir/subdir/subsub/',
       'src/'
     ],
     // remoteTrash: [