diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 6be90822..33981ae3 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -1024,8 +1024,10 @@ install_aider() {
 
 install_windsurf() {
   local src="$INTEGRATIONS/windsurf/.windsurfrules"
-  local dest="${PWD}/.windsurfrules"
+  local dest_dir; dest_dir="$(resolve_dest windsurf "$PWD")"
+  local dest="$dest_dir/.windsurfrules"
   [[ -f "$src" ]] || { err "integrations/windsurf/.windsurfrules missing. Run convert.sh first."; return 1; }
+  mkdir -p "$dest_dir"
   if [[ -f "$dest" ]]; then
     warn "Windsurf: .windsurfrules already exists at $dest (remove to reinstall)."
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/test-install.sh b/scripts/test-install.sh
index 4f35319c..a2e8c506 100755
--- a/scripts/test-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-install.sh
@@ -288,6 +288,22 @@ assert_eq "$TOTAL_AGENTS" "$(count_md "$dest")" "installs into a path containing
 assert_eq 0 "$(find "$home" -maxdepth 1 -name 'My' -o -maxdepth 1 -name 'Agents' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" \
   "a spaced path is not split into separate directories"
 
+# Windsurf's --path is a directory override, just like Aider's. A caller may
+# run this from another project, so installing into PWD silently edits the
+# wrong project's .windsurfrules.
+home="$(sandbox windsurf-path)"
+work="$home/current project"
+dest="$home/target project/rules"
+mkdir -p "$work"
+(cd "$work" && HOME="$home" bash "$INSTALL" --no-interactive --tool windsurf --path "$dest" > "$home/windsurf.log" 2>&1)
+assert_eq 0 "$?" "Windsurf --path install exits successfully"
+[[ -f "$dest/.windsurfrules" ]] \
+  && pass "Windsurf --path installs into the requested directory" \
+  || fail "Windsurf --path installs into the requested directory"
+[[ ! -e "$work/.windsurfrules" ]] \
+  && pass "Windsurf --path leaves the current project alone" \
+  || fail "Windsurf --path leaves the current project alone"
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 4b. Parallel workers get their arguments intact (PR #755)
 #