diff --git a/pysrc/requirements/requirement.py b/pysrc/requirements/requirement.py
index eba8c28..e4def7e 100644
--- a/pysrc/requirements/requirement.py
+++ b/pysrc/requirements/requirement.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
+import os
 from pkg_resources import Requirement as Req
 
 from .fragment import get_hash_info, parse_fragment, parse_extras_require
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@
 
 EDITABLE_REGEX = re.compile(r'^(-e|--editable=?)\s*')
 
+WHL_FILE_REGEX = re.compile(r'^(?P<name>.*?)-(?P<version>.*?)-.*\.whl$')
+
 class Requirement(object):
     """
     Represents a single requirement
@@ -200,11 +203,16 @@ def parse_line(cls, line):
                 req.subdirectory = fragment.get('subdirectory')
             req.path = groups['path']
         elif line.startswith('./'):
-            setup_file = open(line + "/setup.py", "r")
-            setup_content = setup_file.read()
-            name_search = NAME_EQ_REGEX.search(setup_content)
-            if name_search:
-                req.name = name_search.group(1)
+            if os.path.exists(line) and os.path.isfile(line) and line.lower().endswith(".whl"):
+                match = re.match(WHL_FILE_REGEX, os.path.basename(line))
+                if match:
+                    req.name = match.group("name")
+            elif os.path.exists(line) and os.path.isdir(line):
+                setup_file = open(line + "/setup.py", "r")
+                setup_content = setup_file.read()
+                name_search = NAME_EQ_REGEX.search(setup_content)
+                if name_search:
+                    req.name = name_search.group(1)
             req.local_file = True
         else:
             # This is a requirement specifier.
diff --git a/test/system/inspect.spec.ts b/test/system/inspect.spec.ts
index f62a8fd..29d35b9 100644
--- a/test/system/inspect.spec.ts
+++ b/test/system/inspect.spec.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ describe('inspect', () => {
     });
 
     it.each([
+      {
+        workspace: 'pip-app-local-whl-file',
+        uninstallPackages: [],
+        pluginOpts: { allowMissing: true },
+        expected: [
+          {
+            pkg: {
+              name: 'pandas',
+            },
+            directDeps: ['my-package'],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
       {
         workspace: 'pip-app',
         uninstallPackages: [],
@@ -924,21 +937,6 @@ describe('inspect', () => {
           },
         ],
       },
-      {
-        workspace: 'pipenv-app',
-        targetFile: undefined,
-        expected: [
-          {
-            pkg: {
-              name: 'jinja2',
-              version: '3.1.4',
-            },
-            labels: {
-              pkgIdProvenance: 'Jinja2@3.1.4',
-            },
-          },
-        ],
-      },
     ])(
       'should get correct pkgIdProvenance labels for packages in graph for workspace = $workspace',
       async ({ workspace, targetFile, expected }) => {
diff --git a/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/README.md b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd396b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The Python wheel file `./lib/my_package-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl` was created based off of the `setup.py` file in the `project` directory by running `python setup.py bdist_wheel`.
+It was initially created at `/project/dist/my_package-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl`, but moved to the `lib` directory.
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diff --git a/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/lib/my_package-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/lib/my_package-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbec6de
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/lib/my_package-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/project/setup.py b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/project/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2130c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/project/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+setup(
+    name='my_package',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='My awesome package',
+    author='Your Name',
+    author_email='your_email@example.com',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=['numpy', 'pandas'],
+)
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diff --git a/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/requirements.txt b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5d255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/workspaces/pip-app-local-whl-file/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+requests==2.31.0
+./lib/my_package-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
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