diff --git a/pkg/applier/manager_test.go b/pkg/applier/manager_test.go
index db17e6277987..7c335868ea98 100644
--- a/pkg/applier/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/applier/manager_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/internal/pkg/file"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/internal/testutil"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/pkg/applier"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/pkg/component/controller/leaderelector"
@@ -159,6 +160,61 @@ data: {}
 	}
 }
 
+func TestManager_Rename(t *testing.T) {
+	cf := testutil.NewFakeClientFactory()
+	manifestsDir := t.TempDir()
+	leaderElector := leaderelector.Dummy{}
+
+	underTest := applier.Manager{
+		ManifestsDir:      manifestsDir,
+		KubeClientFactory: cf,
+		LeaderElector:     &leaderElector,
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, underTest.Init(context.TODO()))
+	require.NoError(t, underTest.Start(context.TODO()))
+	defer func() { assert.NoError(t, underTest.Stop()) }()
+	leaderElector.Leader = true
+	require.NoError(t, leaderElector.Start(context.TODO()))
+
+	theMap, err := yaml.Marshal(&map[string]any{
+		"apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "ConfigMap",
+		"metadata": map[string]any{"name": "the-map"},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(manifestsDir, "lorem"), 0755))
+	require.NoError(t, file.AtomicWithTarget(filepath.Join(manifestsDir, "lorem", "the-map.yaml")).Write(theMap))
+	t.Log("Waiting for stack to be applied")
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(t *assert.CollectT) {
+		configMaps, err := cf.Client.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if assert.NoError(t, err) && assert.Len(t, configMaps.Items, 1) {
+			cm := &configMaps.Items[0]
+			assert.Equal(t, "the-map", cm.Name)
+			assert.Subset(t, cm.Labels, map[string]string{"k0s.k0sproject.io/stack": "lorem"})
+		}
+	}, 20*time.Second, 350*time.Millisecond)
+
+	require.NoError(t, os.Rename(filepath.Join(manifestsDir, "lorem"), filepath.Join(manifestsDir, "ipsum")))
+	t.Log("Waiting for stack to be changed")
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(t *assert.CollectT) {
+		configMaps, err := cf.Client.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if assert.NoError(t, err) && assert.Len(t, configMaps.Items, 1) {
+			cm := &configMaps.Items[0]
+			assert.Equal(t, "the-map", cm.Name)
+			assert.Subset(t, cm.Labels, map[string]string{"k0s.k0sproject.io/stack": "ipsum"})
+		}
+	}, 20*time.Second, 350*time.Millisecond)
+
+	require.NoError(t, os.Rename(filepath.Join(manifestsDir, "ipsum"), filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "moved-away")))
+	t.Log("Waiting for stack to be deleted")
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(t *assert.CollectT) {
+		configMaps, err := cf.Client.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if assert.NoError(t, err) {
+			assert.Empty(t, configMaps.Items)
+		}
+	}, 20*time.Second, 350*time.Millisecond)
+}
+
 //go:embed testdata/manager_test/*
 var managerTestData embed.FS