diff --git a/source/dub/test/dependencies.d b/source/dub/test/dependencies.d
index 4b31f7dc3..39c13faf9 100644
--- a/source/dub/test/dependencies.d
+++ b/source/dub/test/dependencies.d
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ version "1.0.0"`, PackageFormat.sdl);
     assert(dub.project.hasAllDependencies(), "project has missing dependencies");
     assert(dub.project.getDependency("b", true), "Missing 'b' dependency");
     assert(dub.project.getDependency("c", true), "Missing 'c' dependency");
-    assert(dub.project.getDependency("c", true), "Missing 'd' dependency");
+    assert(dub.project.getDependency("d", true), "Missing 'd' dependency");
     assert(dub.project.getDependency("no", true) is null, "Returned unexpected dependency");
 }
 
diff --git a/source/dub/test/subpackages.d b/source/dub/test/subpackages.d
index a56ac0c3e..f1e1104a2 100644
--- a/source/dub/test/subpackages.d
+++ b/source/dub/test/subpackages.d
@@ -38,3 +38,20 @@ unittest
 
     assert(!dub.packageManager().getPackage(PackageName("b:b"), Version("1.1.0")));
 }
+
+// https://github.com/dlang/dub/issues/2973
+unittest
+{
+    scope dub = new TestDub((scope Filesystem root) {
+        root.writeFile(TestDub.ProjectPath ~ "dub.json",
+            `{ "name": "a", "dependencies": { "b:a": "~>1.0" } }`);
+        root.writeFile(TestDub.ProjectPath ~ "dub.selections.json",
+            `{ "fileVersion": 1, "versions": { "b": "1.0.0" } }`);
+        root.writePackageFile("b", "1.0.0",
+            `{ "name": "b", "version": "1.0.0", "subPackages": [ { "name": "a" } ] }`);
+    });
+    dub.loadPackage();
+
+    assert(dub.project.hasAllDependencies(), "project has missing dependencies");
+    assert(dub.project.getDependency("b:a", true), "Missing 'b:a' dependency");
+}