diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index f6c6f59..a18857d 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@
 			foreach (p; m_project.selections.selectedPackages) {
 				auto dep = m_project.selections.getSelectedVersion(p);
 				if (!dep.path.empty) {
-					try if (m_packageManager.getOrLoadPackage(dep.path)) continue;
+					auto path = dep.path;
+					if (!path.absolute) path = this.rootPath ~ path;
+					try if (m_packageManager.getOrLoadPackage(path)) continue;
 					catch (Exception e) { logDebug("Failed to load path based selection: %s", e.toString().sanitize); }
 				} else {
 					if (m_packageManager.getPackage(p, dep.version_)) continue;
@@ -288,7 +290,8 @@
 			return;
 		}
 
-		foreach (p, ver; versions) {
+		foreach (p; versions.byKey) {
+			auto ver = versions[p]; // Workaround for DMD 2.070.0 AA issue (crashes in aaApply2 if iterating by key+value)
 			assert(!p.canFind(":"), "Resolved packages contain a sub package!?: "~p);
 			Package pack;
 			if (!ver.path.empty) {
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 72f67e5..85657a4 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -237,7 +237,32 @@
 			foreach (name, vspec_; pack.dependencies) {
 				Dependency vspec = vspec_;
 				Package p;
-				if (!vspec.path.empty) {
+
+				auto basename = getBasePackageName(name);
+				if (name == m_rootPackage.basePackage.name) {
+					vspec = Dependency(m_rootPackage.ver);
+					p = m_rootPackage.basePackage;
+				} else if (basename == m_rootPackage.basePackage.name) {
+					vspec = Dependency(m_rootPackage.ver);
+					try p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(m_rootPackage.basePackage, getSubPackageName(name), false);
+					catch (Exception e) {
+						logDiagnostic("Error getting sub package %s: %s", name, e.msg);
+						continue;
+					}
+				} else if (m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(basename)) {
+					vspec = m_selections.getSelectedVersion(basename);
+					p = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(name, vspec);
+				} else if (m_dependencies.canFind!(d => getBasePackageName(d.name) == basename)) {
+					auto idx = m_dependencies.countUntil!(d => getBasePackageName(d.name) == basename);
+					auto bp = m_dependencies[idx].basePackage;
+					vspec = Dependency(bp.path);
+					p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(bp, getSubPackageName(name), false);
+				} else {
+					logDiagnostic("Version selection for dependency %s (%s) of %s is missing.",
+						basename, name, pack.name);
+				}
+
+				if (!p && !vspec.path.empty) {
 					Path path = vspec.path;
 					if (!path.absolute) path = pack.path ~ path;
 					logDiagnostic("Adding local %s", path);
@@ -253,33 +278,6 @@
 				}
 
 				if (!p) {
-					auto basename = getBasePackageName(name);
-					if (name == m_rootPackage.basePackage.name) {
-						vspec = Dependency(m_rootPackage.ver);
-						p = m_rootPackage.basePackage;
-					} else if (basename == m_rootPackage.basePackage.name) {
-						vspec = Dependency(m_rootPackage.ver);
-						try p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(m_rootPackage.basePackage, getSubPackageName(name), false);
-						catch (Exception e) {
-							logDiagnostic("Error getting sub package %s: %s", name, e.msg);
-							continue;
-						}
-					} else if (m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(basename)) {
-						vspec = m_selections.getSelectedVersion(basename);
-						p = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(name, vspec);
-					} else if (m_dependencies.canFind!(d => getBasePackageName(d.name) == basename)) {
-						auto idx = m_dependencies.countUntil!(d => getBasePackageName(d.name) == basename);
-						auto bp = m_dependencies[idx].basePackage;
-						vspec = Dependency(bp.path);
-						p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(bp, getSubPackageName(name), false);
-					} else {
-						logDiagnostic("Version selection for dependency %s (%s) of %s is missing.",
-							basename, name, pack.name);
-						continue;
-					}
-				}
-
-				if (!p) {
 					logDiagnostic("Missing dependency %s %s of %s", name, vspec, pack.name);
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-1.0/dub.sdl b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-1.0/dub.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ff9fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-1.0/dub.sdl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name "a"
+version "1.0.0"
diff --git a/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-1.0/source/a.d b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-1.0/source/a.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0714d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-1.0/source/a.d
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module a;
+
+void test() {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-2.0/dub.sdl b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-2.0/dub.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cb3694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/a-2.0/dub.sdl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name "a"
+version "2.0.0"
+
diff --git a/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/dub.sdl b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/dub.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b36515c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/dub.sdl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name "test"
+dependency "a" path="a-2.0"
diff --git a/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/dub.selections.json b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/dub.selections.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61e9539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/dub.selections.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"fileVersion": 1,
+	"versions": {
+		"a": {"path": "a-1.0"}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/source/app.d b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/source/app.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b248b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue754-path-selection-fail/source/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import a;
+
+void main()
+{
+	test();
+}