diff --git a/docs/runtime/plugins.mdx b/docs/runtime/plugins.mdx
index 55e7ec5c5596..0d3779791445 100644
--- a/docs/runtime/plugins.mdx
+++ b/docs/runtime/plugins.mdx
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ The second argument to `onResolve()` is a callback that runs for each module imp
 
 The callback receives the _path_ to the matching module and can return a _new path_ for it. Bun reads the contents of the _new path_ and parses it as a module.
 
-At runtime, the callback runs once for each `import` or `require()` as it executes. A _new path_ without a `namespace` is resolved from the importing module like any other import, without running `onResolve()` callbacks on it: it can be relative, leave out its extension, or name a package. If nothing is found there, the _new path_ is used as it is when an [`onLoad()`](#onload) callback matches it, so it does not have to exist on disk.
+At runtime, the callback runs once for each `import` or `require()` as it executes. Bare package names and package subpaths, such as `"my-alias"` and `"@scope/pkg/subpath"`, can be redirected to files without adding an extension to the specifier. A _new path_ without a `namespace` is resolved from the importing module like any other import, without running `onResolve()` callbacks on it: it can be relative, leave out its extension, or name a package. If nothing is found there, the _new path_ is used as it is when an [`onLoad()`](#onload) callback matches it, so it does not have to exist on disk.
+
+Bare names keep normal resolution for builtins, imports made inside an `onResolve` callback, and `require.resolve()` calls with custom search paths.
 
 A bare name such as `"my-virtual.js"` could also be a package in the registry, so `onResolve()` callbacks run on it once more. If one of them returns a path, the name is the plugin's own and is never [auto-installed](/runtime/auto-install).
 
diff --git a/src/jsc/JSGlobalObject.rs b/src/jsc/JSGlobalObject.rs
index 764473d5e348..eafb2121f429 100644
--- a/src/jsc/JSGlobalObject.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/JSGlobalObject.rs
@@ -728,8 +728,11 @@ impl JSGlobalObject {
     ) -> JsResult<Option<JSValue>> {
         crate::mark_binding();
         let ns = (namespace_.length() > 0).then_some(namespace_);
+        self.bun_vm().as_mut().on_resolve_depth += 1;
         let result =
-            crate::from_js_host_call(self, || Bun__runOnResolvePlugins(self, ns, path, source))?;
+            crate::from_js_host_call(self, || Bun__runOnResolvePlugins(self, ns, path, source));
+        self.bun_vm().as_mut().on_resolve_depth -= 1;
+        let result = result?;
         if result.is_undefined_or_null() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
diff --git a/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs b/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
index 4b4a661820f3..199047146d25 100644
--- a/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ pub struct VirtualMachine {
     /// (`exit_tears_down_napi_envs`). The list is never walked again, so a hook
     /// pushed after this (a finalizer deferred from the final collection) would only leak.
     pub(crate) has_run_cleanup_hooks: bool,
+    /// Number of active runtime onResolve calls.
+    pub(crate) on_resolve_depth: u32,
     pub is_main_thread: bool,
     pub exit_handler: ExitHandler,
 
@@ -7659,8 +7661,27 @@ fn run_on_resolve(
     importer: &bun_core::String,
 ) -> JsResult<Option<Result<bun_core::String, JSValue>>> {
     let specifier = specifier.to_utf8();
-    let Some((namespace, path)) = ModuleLoader::plugin_namespace_and_path(&specifier) else {
-        return Ok(None);
+    let (namespace, path) = match ModuleLoader::plugin_namespace_and_path(&specifier) {
+        Some(parts) => parts,
+        None => {
+            let vm = global.bun_vm();
+            if specifier.is_empty()
+                || !bun_resolver::is_package_path(&specifier)
+                || importer.length() == 0
+                || vm.on_resolve_depth != 0
+                || vm.transpiler.resolver.custom_dir_paths.is_some()
+                || ModuleLoader::HardcodedModule::Alias::get(
+                    &specifier,
+                    bun_ast::Target::Bun,
+                    Default::default(),
+                )
+                .is_some()
+            {
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+            // Only onResolve admits bare names; onLoad keeps its builtin-safe pre-filter.
+            (&b""[..], specifier.slice())
+        }
     };
     // The importer's key ends in the query it was imported with.
     let importer = importer.to_utf8();
diff --git a/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts b/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts
index 8d1a4963235f..589738d2038d 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts
@@ -791,14 +791,21 @@ it.concurrent("onResolve can redirect a specifier to a real file in the file nam
   using dir = tempDir("plugin-onresolve-file-namespace", {
     "real.js": `export const value = "redirected";`,
     "entry.js": `
+      import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
       import { join } from "node:path";
 
       const target = join(import.meta.dir, "real.js");
+      const createdTarget = join(import.meta.dir, "created.js");
 
       Bun.plugin({
         name: "redirect-to-file",
         setup(build) {
           build.onResolve({ filter: /^implicit\\.mod$/ }, () => ({ path: target }));
+          build.onResolve({ filter: /^extensionless-package$/ }, () => ({ path: target }));
+          build.onResolve({ filter: /^created-package$/ }, () => {
+            writeFileSync(createdTarget, 'export const value = "created";');
+            return { path: createdTarget };
+          });
           build.onResolve({ filter: /^explicit\\.mod$/ }, () => ({ path: target, namespace: "file" }));
           build.onResolve({ filter: /^empty-namespace\\.mod$/ }, () => ({ path: target, namespace: "" }));
           build.onResolve({ filter: /^custom\\.mod$/ }, () => ({ path: "inner", namespace: "custom" }));
@@ -820,6 +827,8 @@ it.concurrent("onResolve can redirect a specifier to a real file in the file nam
       console.log(
         JSON.stringify({
           dynamicImport: await attempt(async () => (await import("implicit.mod")).value),
+          extensionlessPackage: await attempt(async () => (await import("extensionless-package")).value),
+          createdPackage: await attempt(async () => (await import("created-package")).value),
           explicitFileNamespace: await attempt(async () => (await import("explicit.mod")).value),
           emptyNamespace: await attempt(async () => (await import("empty-namespace.mod")).value),
           customNamespace: await attempt(async () => (await import("custom.mod")).value),
@@ -844,6 +853,8 @@ it.concurrent("onResolve can redirect a specifier to a real file in the file nam
   // The fixture catches its own failures, so empty stdout means it crashed.
   expect(stdout.trim() ? JSON.parse(stdout) : { crashed: stderr }).toEqual({
     dynamicImport: "redirected",
+    extensionlessPackage: "redirected",
+    createdPackage: "created",
     explicitFileNamespace: "redirected",
     emptyNamespace: "redirected",
     // A non-file namespace still round-trips through onLoad as "namespace:path".