diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/assert.py b/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/assert.py
index 210dbc0af11..fbd0b3888ae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/assert.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/assert.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ActionModule(object):
             args['that'] = [ args['that'] ]
 
         for that in args['that']:
-            result = utils.check_conditional(args['that'], self.runner.basedir, inject, fail_on_undefined=True)
+            result = utils.check_conditional(that, self.runner.basedir, inject, fail_on_undefined=True)
             if not result:
                 return ReturnData(conn=conn, result=dict(failed=True, assertion=that, evaluated_to=result))
 
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/files/subdir/bar.txt b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/files/subdir/bar.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76018072e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/files/subdir/bar.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+baz
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/files/subdir/subdir2/baz.txt b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/files/subdir/subdir2/baz.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76018072e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/files/subdir/subdir2/baz.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+baz
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml
index 5aa40f036da..81f04ca9e42 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,9 +91,51 @@
     that: 
       - "not copy_result4|changed"
 
-# TODO: test recursive copy
-# TODO: test copy where destination is a directory like {{output_dir}}/ 
+# test recursive copy
+
+- name: set the output subdirectory
+  set_fact: output_subdir={{output_dir}}/sub
+
+- name: make an output subdirectory
+  file: name={{output_subdir}} state=directory
+
+- name: test recursive copy to directory
+  copy: src=subdir dest={{output_subdir}}
+  register: recursive_copy_result
+
+- debug: var=recursive_copy_result
+
+- name: check that a file in a directory was transferred
+  stat: path={{output_dir}}/sub/subdir/bar.txt
+  register: stat_bar
+
+- name: check that a file in a deeper directory was transferred
+  stat: path={{output_dir}}/sub/subdir/subdir2/bar2.txt
+  register: stat_bar2
+
+
+- debug: var=stat_bar
+
+- fail: msg="boom!"
+  when: not stat_bar.stat.exists
+
+- assert: { that: "stat_bar.stat.exists" }
+
+- name: assert recursive copy things
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "stat_bar.stat.exists"
+      - "stat_bar2.stat.exists"
+
 # TODO: test that copy fails if the path does not exist
+
+- name: assert invalid copy location fails
+  copy: src=invalid_file_location_does_not_exist dest={{output_dir}}/file.txt
+  ignore_errors: True
+  register: failed_copy
+
+- debug: var=failed_copy
+
 # TODO: ...
 
 
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/test.sh b/tests_new/integration/test.sh
index dae0cdeae21..74e23a258b3 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/test.sh
+++ b/tests_new/integration/test.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible-playbook non_destructive.yml -i inventory -e output_dir=~/ansible_testing -v
+ansible-playbook non_destructive.yml -i inventory -e output_dir=~/ansible_testing -v $*