diff --git a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
index f75361fbab..23083b0146 100644
--- a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
@@ -2873,14 +2873,13 @@ bool cmFindPackageCommand::FindConfigFile(std::string const& dir,
       this->DebugBuffer = cmStrCat(this->DebugBuffer, "  ", file, '\n');
     }
     if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(file, true)) {
+      // Allow resolving symlinks when the config file is found through a link
+      if (this->UseRealPath) {
+        file = cmSystemTools::GetRealPath(file);
+      } else {
+        file = cmSystemTools::ToNormalizedPathOnDisk(file);
+      }
       if (this->CheckVersion(file)) {
-        // Allow resolving symlinks when the config file is found through a
-        // link
-        if (this->UseRealPath) {
-          file = cmSystemTools::GetRealPath(file);
-        } else {
-          file = cmSystemTools::ToNormalizedPathOnDisk(file);
-        }
         foundMode = cmFindPackageCommand::FoundMode(config.Type);
         return true;
       }
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/PackageRootRelative-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/PackageRootRelative-stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e99d37d447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/PackageRootRelative-stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- Relative_ROOT='root'
+-- Relative_DIR='[^']*/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/PackageRootRelative-build/root'
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/PackageRootRelative.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/PackageRootRelative.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d63753477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/PackageRootRelative.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW)
+set(Relative_ROOT root)
+file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/root/RelativeConfig.cmake" "")
+file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/root/RelativeConfigVersion.cmake" "set(PACKAGE_VERSION 1)")
+find_package(Relative)
+message(STATUS "Relative_ROOT='${Relative_ROOT}'")
+message(STATUS "Relative_DIR='${Relative_DIR}'")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 10f3453514..969d6d7bc1 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/find_package/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ run_cmake_with_options(ModuleModeDebugPkg --debug-find-pkg=Foo,Zot)
 run_cmake(PackageRoot)
 run_cmake(PackageRootNestedConfig)
 run_cmake(PackageRootNestedModule)
+run_cmake(PackageRootRelative)
 run_cmake(PackageVarOverridesOptional)
 run_cmake(PolicyPush)
 run_cmake(PolicyPop)