diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index 35ee162..1ccad86 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -192,14 +192,15 @@
 	static Dependency fromJson(Json verspec) {
 		Dependency dep;
 		if( verspec.type == Json.Type.object ){
-			enforce("version" in verspec, "No version field specified!");
-			auto ver = verspec["version"].get!string;
 			if( auto pp = "path" in verspec ) {
-				// This enforces the "version" specifier to be a simple version, 
-				// without additional range specifiers.
-				dep = Dependency(Version(ver));
+				if (auto pv = "version" in verspec)
+					logDiagnostic("Ignoring version specification (%s) for path based dependency %s", pv.get!string, pp.get!string);
+
+				dep = Dependency.ANY;
 				dep.path = Path(verspec.path.get!string());
 			} else {
+				enforce("version" in verspec, "No version field specified!");
+				auto ver = verspec["version"].get!string;
 				// Using the string to be able to specifiy a range of versions.
 				dep = Dependency(ver);
 			}
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 93b4644..e7b5866 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
 
 		foreach (p, ver; versions) {
 			assert(!p.canFind(":"), "Resolved packages contain a sub package!?: "~p);
-			auto pack = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(p, ver);
+			Package pack;
+			if (!ver.path.empty) pack = m_packageManager.getTemporaryPackage(ver.path);
+			else pack = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(p, ver);
 			if (!pack) fetch(p, ver, PlacementLocation.userWide, false, (options & UpgradeOptions.preRelease) != 0, (options & UpgradeOptions.forceRemove) != 0, false);
 			if ((options & UpgradeOptions.select) && ver.path.empty)
 				m_project.selections.selectVersion(p, ver.version_);
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 667b346..4e3d938 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -202,8 +202,9 @@
 				if (!vspec.path.empty) {
 					Path path = vspec.path;
 					if (!path.absolute) path = pack.path ~ path;
-					logDiagnostic("Adding local %s %s", path, vspec.version_);
-					p = m_packageManager.getTemporaryPackage(path, vspec.version_);
+					logDiagnostic("Adding local %s", path);
+					p = m_packageManager.getTemporaryPackage(path);
+					enforce(p.name == name, format("Path based dependency %s is referenced with a wrong name: %s vs. %s", path.toNativeString(), name, p.name));
 				}
 
 				if (!p) {