diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index a0f3ad76bc5b6c..ac055f8154ed46 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -514,11 +514,14 @@ Module._resolveFilename = function(request, parent, isMain, options) {
 
   if (typeof options === 'object' && options !== null &&
       Array.isArray(options.paths)) {
+    const fakeParent = new Module('', null);
+
     paths = [];
 
     for (var i = 0; i < options.paths.length; i++) {
       const path = options.paths[i];
-      const lookupPaths = Module._resolveLookupPaths(path, parent, true);
+      fakeParent.paths = Module._nodeModulePaths(path);
+      const lookupPaths = Module._resolveLookupPaths(request, fakeParent, true);
 
       if (!paths.includes(path))
         paths.push(path);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/resolve-paths/default/node_modules/dep/index.js b/test/fixtures/resolve-paths/default/node_modules/dep/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6
diff --git a/test/fixtures/resolve-paths/default/verify-paths.js b/test/fixtures/resolve-paths/default/verify-paths.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dee03fbfe3b6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/resolve-paths/default/verify-paths.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../../../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// By default, resolving 'dep' should return
+// fixturesDir/resolve-paths/default/node_modules/dep/index.js. By setting
+// the path to fixturesDir/resolve-paths/default, the 'default' directory
+// structure should be ignored.
+
+assert.strictEqual(
+  require.resolve('dep'),
+  path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules', 'dep', 'index.js')
+);
+
+const paths = [path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'defined')];
+
+assert.strictEqual(
+  require.resolve('dep', { paths }),
+  path.join(paths[0], 'node_modules', 'dep', 'index.js')
+);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/resolve-paths/defined/node_modules/dep/index.js b/test/fixtures/resolve-paths/defined/node_modules/dep/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js b/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js
index 6f2253a4e27083..4fbf697faf51b6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ assert.strictEqual('path', require.resolve('path'));
 
 // Test configurable resolve() paths.
 require(fixtures.path('require-resolve.js'));
+require(fixtures.path('resolve-paths', 'default', 'verify-paths.js'));