diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/TestModuleManifestCommand.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/TestModuleManifestCommand.cs
index 566262e3db..650588c32e 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/TestModuleManifestCommand.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/TestModuleManifestCommand.cs
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
                     ThrowTerminatingError(er);
                 }
 
-                path = pathInfos[0].Path;
+                // `Path` returns the PSProviderPath which is fully qualified to the provider and the filesystem APIs
+                // don't understand this.  Instead `ProviderPath` returns the path that the FileSystemProvider understands.
+                path = pathInfos[0].ProviderPath;
 
                 // First, we validate if the path does exist.
                 if (!File.Exists(path) && !Directory.Exists(path))
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Module/TestModuleManifest.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Module/TestModuleManifest.Tests.ps1
index 091b968c27..ddb6ca5d52 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Module/TestModuleManifest.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Module/TestModuleManifest.Tests.ps1
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ Describe "Test-ModuleManifest tests" -tags "CI" {
         $module.NestedModules | Should -HaveCount 1
         $module.NestedModules.Name | Should -BeExactly "Foo"
     }
+
+    It 'Works for manifest specified as UNC path' -Skip:(!$IsWindows) {
+        # chance the testdrive path to a UNC path
+
+        $testModulePath = '\\localhost\' + "$testDrive\test.psd1".Replace(':', '$')
+        New-Item -ItemType File -Path testdrive:/foo.psm1 > $null
+        New-ModuleManifest -Path $testModulePath -RootModule "foo.psm1"
+        $module = Test-ModuleManifest -Path $testModulePath
+        $module.RootModule | Should -Be "foo.psm1"
+    }
 }
 
 Describe "Tests for circular references in required modules" -tags "CI" {