func(t *testing.T) {
                                cfg.Set("theme", "mytheme")
 
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "_default", "baseof.html"), `Base: {{block "main" .}}block{{end}}`)
+
                                // Both single and list template in /SECTION/
                                writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("themes", "mytheme", "layouts", "sect1", "list.html"), `sect list`)
                                writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("themes", "mytheme", "layouts", "_default", "list.html"), `default list`)
                                th.assertFileContent(filepath.Join("public", "sect2", "index.html"), "sect2 list")
                        },
                },
+               {
+                       // Test section list and single template selection with base template.
+                       // Issue #2995
+                       func(t *testing.T) {
+
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "_default", "baseof.html"), `Base Default: {{block "main" .}}block{{end}}`)
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "sect1", "baseof.html"), `Base Sect1: {{block "main" .}}block{{end}}`)
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "section", "sect2-baseof.html"), `Base Sect2: {{block "main" .}}block{{end}}`)
+
+                               // Both single and list + base template in /SECTION/
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "sect1", "list.html"), `{{define "main"}}sect1 list{{ end }}`)
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "_default", "list.html"), `{{define "main"}}default list{{ end }}`)
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "sect1", "single.html"), `{{define "main"}}sect single{{ end }}`)
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "_default", "single.html"), `{{define "main"}}default single{{ end }}`)
+
+                               // sect2 with list template in /section
+                               writeSource(t, fs, filepath.Join("layouts", "section", "sect2.html"), `{{define "main"}}sect2 list{{ end }}`)
+
+                       },
+                       func(t *testing.T) {
+                               th.assertFileContent(filepath.Join("public", "sect1", "index.html"), "Base Sect1", "sect1 list")
+                               th.assertFileContent(filepath.Join("public", "sect1", "page1", "index.html"), "Base Sect1", "sect single")
+                               th.assertFileContent(filepath.Join("public", "sect2", "index.html"), "Base Sect2", "sect2 list")
+
+                               // Note that this will get the default base template and not the one in /sect2 -- because there are no
+                               // single template defined in /sect2.
+                               th.assertFileContent(filepath.Join("public", "sect2", "page2", "index.html"), "Base Default", "default single")
+                       },
+               },
        } {
 
+               if i != 9 {
+                       continue
+               }
+
                cfg, fs = newTestCfg()
                th = testHelper{cfg, fs, t}