diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 9eceb2233f..d41d0e5f94 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Release notes:
 
 * The hash used as a key for Stack's pre-compiled package cache has changed,
   following the dropping of support for Cabal versions older than `1.24.0.0`.
+* The check used in `stack new` now does a suffix match to find `package.yaml`
+  rather than an exact match. This supports defining templates with packages in
+  subdirectories.
 
 **Changes since v2.13.1:**
 
diff --git a/src/Stack/New.hs b/src/Stack/New.hs
index 1fbf42fc2d..62ad9e607b 100644
--- a/src/Stack/New.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/New.hs
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ applyTemplate project template nonceParams dir templateText = do
       template
       (flow "the template does not contain any files.")
 
-  let isPkgSpec f = ".cabal" `L.isSuffixOf` f || f == "package.yaml"
+  let isPkgSpec f = ".cabal" `L.isSuffixOf` f || "package.yaml" `L.isSuffixOf` f
   unless (any isPkgSpec . M.keys $ files) $
     prettyThrowM $ TemplateInvalid
       template