diff --git a/bin/cdist-type-emulator b/bin/cdist-type-emulator
index 46ba3a57..6294870a 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-type-emulator
+++ b/bin/cdist-type-emulator
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ __cdist_object_dir="$(__cdist_object_dir "$__cdist_object_self")"
 if [ -e "${__cdist_object_dir}" ]; then
    # Allow diff to fail
    set +e
-   diff -ru "${__cdist_new_object_dir}" "${__cdist_object_dir}" \
+   diff -ru "${__cdist_new_object_dir}/${__cdist_name_parameter}" \
+      "${__cdist_object_dir}/${__cdist_name_parameter}" \
       > "$__cdist_tmp_file"; ret=$?
    set -e