diff --git a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandler.java b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandler.java
index b7d72b1..79ba707 100644
--- a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandler.java
@@ -247,5 +247,4 @@ private static String serializeShape(Model model, Shape shape) {
                         System.lineSeparator() + System.lineSeparator()), System.lineSeparator());
         return serializedShape;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/IdlPosition.java b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/IdlPosition.java
index 40f3600..a13a469 100644
--- a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/IdlPosition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/IdlPosition.java
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
  * Represents different kinds of positions within an IDL file.
  */
 sealed interface IdlPosition {
-    default boolean isEasyShapeReference() {
+    /**
+     * @return Whether the token at this position is definitely a reference
+     *  to a root/top-level shape.
+     */
+    default boolean isRootShapeReference() {
         return switch (this) {
             case TraitId ignored -> true;
             case MemberTarget ignored -> true;
@@ -25,6 +29,9 @@ default boolean isEasyShapeReference() {
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return The view this position is within.
+     */
     StatementView view();
 
     record TraitId(StatementView view) implements IdlPosition {}
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ record MetadataValue(StatementView view, Syntax.Statement.Metadata metadata) imp
 
     record StatementKeyword(StatementView view) implements IdlPosition {}
 
-    record MemberName(StatementView view) implements IdlPosition {}
+    record MemberName(StatementView view, String name) implements IdlPosition {}
 
     record ElidedMember(StatementView view) implements IdlPosition {}
 
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ static IdlPosition of(StatementView view) {
                     when m.inTarget(documentIndex) -> new IdlPosition.MemberTarget(view);
 
             case Syntax.Statement.MemberDef m
-                    when m.name().isIn(documentIndex) -> new IdlPosition.MemberName(view);
+                    when m.name().isIn(documentIndex) -> new IdlPosition.MemberName(view, m.name().stringValue());
 
             case Syntax.Statement.NodeMemberDef m
                     when m.inValue(documentIndex) -> new IdlPosition.NodeMemberTarget(view, m);
@@ -109,9 +116,9 @@ static IdlPosition of(StatementView view) {
 
             case Syntax.Statement.ShapeDef ignored -> new IdlPosition.ShapeDef(view);
 
-            case Syntax.Statement.NodeMemberDef ignored -> new IdlPosition.MemberName(view);
+            case Syntax.Statement.NodeMemberDef m -> new IdlPosition.MemberName(view, m.name().stringValue());
 
-            case Syntax.Statement.Block ignored -> new IdlPosition.MemberName(view);
+            case Syntax.Statement.Block ignored -> new IdlPosition.MemberName(view, "");
 
             case Syntax.Statement.ForResource ignored -> new IdlPosition.ForResource(view);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/ShapeSearch.java b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/ShapeSearch.java
index 5eb1c77..d86e9be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/ShapeSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/ShapeSearch.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ private static Optional<ShapeId> tryFrom(String id) {
 
     private static Optional<ShapeId> tryFromParts(String namespace, String name) {
         try {
-            return Optional.of(ShapeId.fromParts(namespace, name));
+            return Optional.of(ShapeId.fromRelative(namespace, name));
         } catch (ShapeIdSyntaxException ignored) {
             return Optional.empty();
         }
@@ -118,7 +118,16 @@ static Optional<? extends Shape> findShapeDefinition(IdlPosition idlPosition, Do
             case IdlPosition.ElidedMember elidedMember ->
                     findElidedMemberParent(elidedMember, id, model);
 
-            case IdlPosition pos when pos.isEasyShapeReference() ->
+            case IdlPosition.MemberName memberName -> {
+                var parentDef = memberName.view().nearestShapeDefBefore();
+                if (parentDef == null) {
+                    yield Optional.empty();
+                }
+                var relativeId = parentDef.shapeName().stringValue() + "$" + memberName.name();
+                yield findShape(memberName.view().parseResult(), relativeId, model);
+            }
+
+            case IdlPosition pos when pos.isRootShapeReference() ->
                     findShape(pos.view().parseResult(), id.copyIdValue(), model);
 
             default -> Optional.empty();
diff --git a/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandlerTest.java
index 1bdfdc4..5f37e89 100644
--- a/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/language/HoverHandlerTest.java
@@ -122,6 +122,32 @@ public void absoluteShapeId() {
         assertThat(hovers, contains(containsString("string String")));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void selfShapeDefinition() {
+        TextWithPositions text = TextWithPositions.from("""
+                $version: "2"
+                namespace com.foo
+                structure %Foo {}
+                """);
+        List<String> hovers = getHovers(text);
+
+        assertThat(hovers, contains(containsString("structure Foo")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void selfMemberDefinition() {
+        TextWithPositions text = TextWithPositions.from("""
+                $version: "2"
+                namespace com.foo
+                structure Foo {
+                    %bar: String
+                }
+                """);
+        List<String> hovers = getHovers(text);
+
+        assertThat(hovers, contains(containsString("bar: String")));
+    }
+
     private static List<String> getHovers(TextWithPositions text) {
         return getHovers(text.text(), text.positions());
     }