diff --git a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
index 870733f96d9..fa5a14e719c 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
@@ -304,15 +304,16 @@ impl<'cfg> Workspace<'cfg> {
     }
 
     fn find_path_deps(&mut self, manifest_path: &Path) -> CargoResult<()> {
-        if self.members.iter().any(|p| p == manifest_path) {
+        let manifest_path = paths::normalize_path(manifest_path);
+        if self.members.iter().any(|p| p == &manifest_path) {
             return Ok(())
         }
 
         debug!("find_members - {}", manifest_path.display());
-        self.members.push(manifest_path.to_path_buf());
+        self.members.push(manifest_path.clone());
 
         let candidates = {
-            let pkg = match *self.packages.load(manifest_path)? {
+            let pkg = match *self.packages.load(&manifest_path)? {
                 MaybePackage::Package(ref p) => p,
                 MaybePackage::Virtual(_) => return Ok(()),
             };
diff --git a/tests/workspaces.rs b/tests/workspaces.rs
index 8204e6c341c..b84388813f1 100644
--- a/tests/workspaces.rs
+++ b/tests/workspaces.rs
@@ -1074,3 +1074,30 @@ fn error_if_parent_cargo_toml_is_invalid() {
                        .with_stderr_contains("\
 [ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[..]`"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn relative_path_for_member_works() {
+    let p = project("foo")
+        .file("foo/Cargo.toml", r#"
+        [project]
+        name = "foo"
+        version = "0.1.0"
+        authors = []
+
+        [workspace]
+        members = ["../bar"]
+    "#)
+        .file("foo/src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .file("bar/Cargo.toml", r#"
+        [project]
+        name = "bar"
+        version = "0.1.0"
+        authors = []
+        workspace = "../foo"
+    "#)
+        .file("bar/src/main.rs", "fn main() {}");
+    p.build();
+
+    assert_that(p.cargo("build").cwd(p.root().join("foo")), execs().with_status(0));
+    assert_that(p.cargo("build").cwd(p.root().join("bar")), execs().with_status(0));
+}
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