diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 6c0344453..2482ee6c4 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::http::{Method, StatusCode};
-    use crate::test::{call_service, init_service, read_body, TestRequest};
+    use crate::test::{assert_body_eq, call_service, init_service, read_body, TestRequest};
     use crate::{web, App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 
     // allow deprecated `ServiceConfig::data`
@@ -374,4 +374,22 @@ mod tests {
         let resp = call_service(&srv, req).await;
         assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
     }
+
+    #[actix_rt::test]
+    async fn nested_service_configure() {
+        fn cfg_root(cfg: &mut ServiceConfig) {
+            cfg.configure(cfg_sub);
+        }
+
+        fn cfg_sub(cfg: &mut ServiceConfig) {
+            cfg.route("/", web::get().to(|| async { "hello world" }));
+        }
+
+        let srv = init_service(App::new().configure(cfg_root)).await;
+
+        let req = TestRequest::with_uri("/").to_request();
+        let res = call_service(&srv, req).await;
+        assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+        assert_body_eq!(res, b"hello world");
+    }
 }