diff --git a/main/settings/src/main/scala/sbt/Scope.scala b/main/settings/src/main/scala/sbt/Scope.scala
index c9f0211f9..d921225fd 100644
--- a/main/settings/src/main/scala/sbt/Scope.scala
+++ b/main/settings/src/main/scala/sbt/Scope.scala
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ object Scope {
   val GlobalScope = Scope(Global, Global, Global, Global)
 
   def resolveScope(thisScope: Scope, current: URI, rootProject: URI => String): Scope => Scope =
-    resolveProject(current, rootProject) compose replaceThis(thisScope)
+    resolveProject(current, rootProject) compose replaceThis(thisScope) compose subThisProject
 
   def resolveBuildScope(thisScope: Scope, current: URI): Scope => Scope =
-    buildResolve(current) compose replaceThis(thisScope)
+    buildResolve(current) compose replaceThis(thisScope) compose subThisProject
 
   def replaceThis(thisScope: Scope): Scope => Scope = (scope: Scope) =>
     Scope(subThis(thisScope.project, scope.project), subThis(thisScope.config, scope.config), subThis(thisScope.task, scope.task), subThis(thisScope.extra, scope.extra))
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ object Scope {
   def subThis[T](sub: ScopeAxis[T], into: ScopeAxis[T]): ScopeAxis[T] =
     if (into == This) sub else into
 
+  /**
+   * `Select(ThisProject)` cannot be resolved by [[resolveProject]] (it doesn't know what to replace it with), so we
+   * perform this transformation so that [[replaceThis]] picks it up.
+   */
+  def subThisProject: Scope => Scope = {
+    case s @ Scope(Select(ThisProject), _, _, _) => s.copy(project = This)
+    case s                                       => s
+  }
+
   def fillTaskAxis(scope: Scope, key: AttributeKey[_]): Scope =
     scope.task match {
       case _: Select[_] => scope
@@ -59,7 +68,6 @@ object Scope {
     }
   def resolveProjectBuild(current: URI, ref: ProjectReference): ProjectReference =
     ref match {
-      case ThisProject         => RootProject(current)
       case LocalRootProject    => RootProject(current)
       case LocalProject(id)    => ProjectRef(current, id)
       case RootProject(uri)    => RootProject(resolveBuild(current, uri))
@@ -79,8 +87,8 @@ object Scope {
 
   def resolveProjectRef(current: URI, rootProject: URI => String, ref: ProjectReference): ProjectRef =
     ref match {
-      case ThisProject | LocalRootProject => ProjectRef(current, rootProject(current))
-      case LocalProject(id)               => ProjectRef(current, id)
+      case LocalRootProject => ProjectRef(current, rootProject(current))
+      case LocalProject(id) => ProjectRef(current, id)
       case RootProject(uri) =>
         val res = resolveBuild(current, uri); ProjectRef(res, rootProject(res))
       case ProjectRef(uri, id) => ProjectRef(resolveBuild(current, uri), id)
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fc79c53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+val proj2 = project
+
+name := "proj1"
+
+val check = taskKey[Unit]("Ensure each project is named appropriately")
+
+check := {
+  require(name.value == "proj1")
+  require((name in proj2).value == "boo")
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/proj2/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/proj2/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f48be956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/proj2/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+name in ThisProject := "boo"
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15675b169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/thisProject/test
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+> check