diff --git a/wp-login.php b/wp-login.php
index 866b90237a..d77428f65f 100644
--- a/wp-login.php
+++ b/wp-login.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ if ( defined('RELOCATE') ) { // Move flag is set
 
 //Set a cookie now to see if they are supported by the browser.
 setcookie(TEST_COOKIE, 'WP Cookie check', 0, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
+if ( SITECOOKIEPATH != COOKIEPATH )
+	setcookie(TEST_COOKIE, 'WP Cookie check', 0, SITECOOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
 
 // Rather than duplicating this HTML all over the place, we'll stick it in function
 function login_header($title = 'Login', $message = '') {