diff -ruN automake-1.16.1.orig/t/py-compile-basedir.sh automake-1.16.1/t/py-compile-basedir.sh
--- automake-1.16.1.orig/t/py-compile-basedir.sh	2020-01-20 05:07:12.915260159 +0100
+++ automake-1.16.1/t/py-compile-basedir.sh	2020-01-20 05:07:45.827074984 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   py_installed "$d2/$f.pyc"
   py_installed "$d2/sub/$f.pyc"
   files=$(find "$d2" | grep '\.py[co]$')
-  test $(echo "$files" | wc -l) -eq 4
+  test $(echo "$files" | wc -l) -eq 4 -o $(echo "$files" | wc -l) -eq 6
   case $d2 in
     .|..) rm -f $files;;
        *) rm -rf "$d2";;