diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/transform.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/transform.ts
index 4d97b8cd143e8..b7c4208a97205 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/transform.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function resolveHook(filename: string, specifier: string): string | undef
   if (!isTypeScript)
     return;
   const tsconfig = loadAndValidateTsconfigForFile(filename);
-  if (tsconfig) {
+  if (tsconfig && !isRelativeSpecifier(specifier)) {
     let longestPrefixLength = -1;
     let pathMatchedByLongestPrefix: string | undefined;
 
@@ -258,3 +258,7 @@ export function belongsToNodeModules(file: string) {
     return true;
   return false;
 }
+
+function isRelativeSpecifier(specifier: string) {
+  return specifier === '.' || specifier === '..' || specifier.startsWith('./') || specifier.startsWith('../');
+}
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts
index 0c5443bad5506..313139fdf1d60 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ test('should not use baseurl for relative imports', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
 });
 
 test('should not use baseurl for relative imports when dir with same name exists', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  test.fail();
   test.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/15891' });
+
   const result = await runInlineTest({
     'frontend/tsconfig.json': `{
       "compilerOptions": {
@@ -309,15 +309,31 @@ test('should not use baseurl for relative imports when dir with same name exists
     'frontend/src/utils/foo.js': `
       export const foo = -1;
     `,
+    'frontend/src/index.js': `
+      export const index = -1;
+    `,
+    'frontend/src/.bar.js': `
+      export const bar = 42;
+    `,
     'frontend/playwright/tests/utils.ts': `
       export const foo = 42;
     `,
+    'frontend/playwright/tests/index.js': `
+      export const index = 42;
+    `,
     'frontend/playwright/tests/forms_cms_standard.spec.ts': `
-      // This relative import should not use baseUrl
+      // These relative imports should not use baseUrl
       import { foo } from './utils';
+      import { index } from '.';
+
+      // This absolute import should use baseUrl
+      import { bar } from '.bar';
+
       const { test } = pwt;
       test('test', ({}, testInfo) => {
         expect(foo).toBe(42);
+        expect(index).toBe(42);
+        expect(bar).toBe(42);
       });
     `,
   });
@@ -325,4 +341,5 @@ test('should not use baseurl for relative imports when dir with same name exists
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).not.toContain(`Could not`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(`Cannot`);
 });