diff --git a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
index 3330230080..cbb8b6c7ac 100644
--- a/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
+++ b/astroid/interpreter/_import/spec.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ExplicitNamespacePackageFinder(ImpFinder):
 
     def find_module(self, modname, module_parts, processed, submodule_path):
         if processed:
-            return None
+            modname = '.'.join(processed + [modname])
         if util.is_namespace(modname) and modname in sys.modules:
             submodule_path = sys.modules[modname].__path__
             return ModuleSpec(name=modname, location='',
diff --git a/astroid/tests/testdata/python2/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth b/astroid/tests/testdata/python2/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth
index d3cb4591d4..eeb7ecac69 100644
--- a/astroid/tests/testdata/python2/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth
+++ b/astroid/tests/testdata/python2/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 import sys, types, os;p = os.path.join(sys._getframe(1).f_locals['sitedir'], *('foogle',));ie = os.path.exists(os.path.join(p,'__init__.py'));m = not ie and sys.modules.setdefault('foogle', types.ModuleType('foogle'));mp = (m or []) and m.__dict__.setdefault('__path__',[]);(p not in mp) and mp.append(p)
+import sys, types, os;p = os.path.join(sys._getframe(1).f_locals['sitedir'], *('foogle','crank'));ie = os.path.exists(os.path.join(p,'__init__.py'));m = not ie and sys.modules.setdefault('foogle.crank', types.ModuleType('foogle.crank'));mp = (m or []) and m.__dict__.setdefault('__path__',[]);(p not in mp) and mp.append(p)
diff --git a/astroid/tests/testdata/python3/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth b/astroid/tests/testdata/python3/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth
index d3cb4591d4..eeb7ecac69 100644
--- a/astroid/tests/testdata/python3/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth
+++ b/astroid/tests/testdata/python3/data/foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 import sys, types, os;p = os.path.join(sys._getframe(1).f_locals['sitedir'], *('foogle',));ie = os.path.exists(os.path.join(p,'__init__.py'));m = not ie and sys.modules.setdefault('foogle', types.ModuleType('foogle'));mp = (m or []) and m.__dict__.setdefault('__path__',[]);(p not in mp) and mp.append(p)
+import sys, types, os;p = os.path.join(sys._getframe(1).f_locals['sitedir'], *('foogle','crank'));ie = os.path.exists(os.path.join(p,'__init__.py'));m = not ie and sys.modules.setdefault('foogle.crank', types.ModuleType('foogle.crank'));mp = (m or []) and m.__dict__.setdefault('__path__',[]);(p not in mp) and mp.append(p)
diff --git a/astroid/tests/unittest_manager.py b/astroid/tests/unittest_manager.py
index b7a0742e7b..7d3e2b0721 100644
--- a/astroid/tests/unittest_manager.py
+++ b/astroid/tests/unittest_manager.py
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ def test_namespace_package_pth_support(self):
             del pkg_resources._namespace_packages['foogle'] # pylint: disable=no-member
             sys.modules.pop('foogle')
 
+    def test_nested_namespace_import(self):
+        pth = 'foogle_fax-0.12.5-py2.7-nspkg.pth'
+        site.addpackage(resources.RESOURCE_PATH, pth, [])
+        pkg_resources._namespace_packages['foogle'] = ['foogle.crank'] # pylint: disable=no-member
+        pkg_resources._namespace_packages['foogle.crank'] = [] # pylint: disable=no-member
+        try:
+            self.manager.ast_from_module_name('foogle.crank')
+        finally:
+            del pkg_resources._namespace_packages['foogle'] # pylint: disable=no-member
+            sys.modules.pop('foogle')
+
     def test_namespace_and_file_mismatch(self):
         filepath = unittest.__file__
         ast = self.manager.ast_from_file(filepath)