diff --git a/base/initdefs.jl b/base/initdefs.jl
index 002984b83dd978..aa95cc758a76f1 100644
--- a/base/initdefs.jl
+++ b/base/initdefs.jl
@@ -113,6 +113,47 @@ function init_depot_path()
     end
 end
 
+# replace leading dirname with `@depot, @stdlib` if `path` is located withiin any of
+# DEPOT_PATH/compiled or Sys.STDLIB
+# return normalized path otherwise
+function replace_depot_path(_path::AbstractString)
+    path = normpath(_path)
+    if startswith(path, Sys.STDLIB)
+        length(path) == 1+length(Sys.STDLIB) && return joinpath("@stdlib", "")
+        return joinpath("@stdlib", path[2+length(Sys.STDLIB):end])
+    end
+    for depot in DEPOT_PATH
+        if startswith(path, joinpath(depot, "compiled"))
+            return joinpath("@depot", path[2+length(depot):end])
+        end
+    end
+    return path
+end
+
+# resolve leading `@depot, @stdlib` alias from `_path` to point to a valid path in any
+# of DEPOT_PATH/compiled or Sys.STDLIb
+# if `_path` has no leading alias, we return a normalized path
+function resolve_depot_path(_path::AbstractString)
+    path = normpath(_path)
+    if startswith(path, "@stdlib")
+        length(path) == 1+length("@stdlib") && return joinpath(Sys.STDLIB, "")
+        fullpath = joinpath(Sys.STDLIB, path[2+length("@stdlib"):end])
+        ispath(fullpath) && return fullpath
+        throw(ErrorException("Failed to resolve `$path` to a stdlib path in `$(Sys.STDLIB)`."))
+    elseif startswith(path, joinpath("@depot", "compiled"))
+        dir = path[2+length("@depot"):end]
+        for depot in DEPOT_PATH
+            fullpath = joinpath(depot, dir)
+            ispath(fullpath) && return fullpath
+        end
+        io = IOBuffer()
+        print(io, "Failed to resolve `$path` to a valid path for any depot in `DEPOT_PATH = ",
+              DEPOT_PATH, "`.")
+        throw(ErrorException(String(take!(io))))
+    end
+    return path
+end
+
 ## LOAD_PATH & ACTIVE_PROJECT ##
 
 # JULIA_LOAD_PATH: split on `:` (or `;` on Windows)
diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index a7d05e5940ef39..90f2d8aeb1fd2b 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -1605,7 +1605,8 @@ function _include_dependency(mod::Module, _path::AbstractString)
     end
     if _track_dependencies[]
         @lock require_lock begin
-        push!(_require_dependencies, (mod, path, mtime(path)))
+        push!(_require_dependencies, (mod, path, mtime(path),
+                                      path[1] == '\0' ? path : replace_depot_path(path)))
         end
     end
     return path, prev
@@ -1710,7 +1711,9 @@ function require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
         end
         uuidkey, env = uuidkey_env
         if _track_dependencies[]
-            push!(_require_dependencies, (into, binpack(uuidkey), 0.0))
+            path = binpack(uuidkey)
+            push!(_require_dependencies, (into, path, 0.0,
+                                          path[1] == '\0' ? path : replace_depot_path(path)))
         end
         return _require_prelocked(uuidkey, env)
     finally
@@ -2456,6 +2459,8 @@ function parse_cache_header(f::IO)
         end
         if depname[1] == '\0'
             push!(requires, modkey => binunpack(depname))
+        elseif depname[1] == '@'
+            push!(includes, CacheHeaderIncludes(modkey, resolve_depot_path(depname), mtime, modpath))
         else
             push!(includes, CacheHeaderIncludes(modkey, depname, mtime, modpath))
         end
diff --git a/src/precompile.c b/src/precompile.c
index 4aac28ff9a7908..411afd64bb12d2 100644
--- a/src/precompile.c
+++ b/src/precompile.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ void write_srctext(ios_t *f, jl_array_t *udeps, int64_t srctextpos) {
         write_uint64(f, posfile);
         ios_seek_end(f);
         // Each source-text file is written as
-        //   int32: length of abspath
-        //   char*: abspath
+        //   int32: length of depot alias
+        //   char*: depot alias
         //   uint64: length of src text
         //   char*: src text
         // At the end we write int32(0) as a terminal sentinel.
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ void write_srctext(ios_t *f, jl_array_t *udeps, int64_t srctextpos) {
                 ios_t *srctp = ios_file(&srctext, depstr, 1, 0, 0, 0);
                 if (!srctp) {
                     jl_printf(JL_STDERR, "WARNING: could not cache source text for \"%s\".\n",
-                            jl_string_data(dep));
+                              depstr);
                     continue;
                 }
-                size_t slen = jl_string_len(dep);
+                jl_value_t *depalias = jl_fieldref(deptuple, 3);  // file @depot alias
+                size_t slen = jl_string_len(depalias);
                 write_int32(f, slen);
-                ios_write(f, depstr, slen);
+                ios_write(f, jl_string_data(depalias), slen);
                 posfile = ios_pos(f);
                 write_uint64(f, 0);   // placeholder for length of this file in bytes
                 uint64_t filelen = (uint64_t) ios_copyall(f, &srctext);
diff --git a/src/staticdata_utils.c b/src/staticdata_utils.c
index bf1a830b608de2..46002021a785be 100644
--- a/src/staticdata_utils.c
+++ b/src/staticdata_utils.c
@@ -715,10 +715,10 @@ static int64_t write_dependency_list(ios_t *s, jl_array_t* worklist, jl_array_t
     size_t i, l = udeps ? jl_array_len(udeps) : 0;
     for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
         jl_value_t *deptuple = jl_array_ptr_ref(udeps, i);
-        jl_value_t *dep = jl_fieldref(deptuple, 1);              // file abspath
-        size_t slen = jl_string_len(dep);
+        jl_value_t *depalias = jl_fieldref(deptuple, 3);        // file @depot alias
+        size_t slen = jl_string_len(depalias);
         write_int32(s, slen);
-        ios_write(s, jl_string_data(dep), slen);
+        ios_write(s, jl_string_data(depalias), slen);
         write_float64(s, jl_unbox_float64(jl_fieldref(deptuple, 2)));  // mtime
         jl_module_t *depmod = (jl_module_t*)jl_fieldref(deptuple, 0);  // evaluating module
         jl_module_t *depmod_top = depmod;