diff --git a/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/dub.sdl b/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/dub.sdl
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+++ b/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/dub.sdl
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+name "bar"
+mainSourceFile "main.d"
+targetType "executable"
+
+dependency "foo" path="foo"
+dependency "foo:baz" path="foo"
diff --git a/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/foo/dub.sdl b/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/foo/dub.sdl
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+++ b/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/foo/dub.sdl
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+name "foo"
+targetType "sourceLibrary"
+
+subPackage {
+    name "baz"
+    targetType "sourceLibrary"
+    dependency "foo"  path="."
+}
diff --git a/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/main.d b/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/main.d
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index 0000000..05a37e9
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+++ b/test/issue959-path-based-subpack-dep/main.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void main() {}
\ No newline at end of file