diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54ff35742..ebe740cd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - The web UI now renders the step graph left-to-right.
 - The web UI now shows runs by date, with the most recent run at the top.
 - The web UI now shows steps in a color-coded way.
+- The `--include-package` flag now also accepts paths instead of module names.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/tango/common/util.py b/tango/common/util.py
index 61cac1c8c..78aff245b 100644
--- a/tango/common/util.py
+++ b/tango/common/util.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import traceback
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterable, Optional, Set, Union
+from typing import Iterable, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
 
 from .aliases import PathOrStr
 from .exceptions import SigTermReceived
@@ -52,6 +52,35 @@ def import_extra_module(package_name: str) -> None:
     _extra_imported_modules.add(package_name)
 
 
+def resolve_module_name(package_name: str) -> Tuple[str, Path]:
+    base_path = Path(".")
+    package_path = Path(package_name)
+    if not package_path.exists():
+        raise ValueError(f"'{package_path}' looks like a path, but the path does not exist")
+
+    parent = package_path.parent
+    while parent != parent.parent:
+        if (parent / "__init__.py").is_file():
+            parent = parent.parent
+        else:
+            base_path = parent
+            break
+
+    package_name = str(package_path.relative_to(base_path)).replace("/", ".")
+
+    if package_path.is_file():
+        if package_path.name == "__init__.py":
+            # If `__init__.py` file, resolve to the parent module.
+            package_name = package_name[: -len(".__init__.py")]
+        elif package_name.endswith(".py"):
+            package_name = package_name[:-3]
+
+        if not package_name:
+            raise ValueError(f"invalid package path '{package_path}'")
+
+    return package_name, base_path
+
+
 def import_module_and_submodules(package_name: str, exclude: Optional[Set[str]] = None) -> None:
     """
     Import all submodules under the given package.
@@ -59,6 +88,12 @@ def import_module_and_submodules(package_name: str, exclude: Optional[Set[str]]
     Primarily useful so that people using tango can specify their own custom packages
     and have their custom classes get loaded and registered.
     """
+    # If `package_name` is in the form of a path, convert to the module format.
+    if "/" in package_name or package_name.endswith(".py"):
+        package_name, base_path = resolve_module_name(package_name)
+    else:
+        base_path = Path(".")
+
     if exclude and package_name in exclude:
         return
 
@@ -67,7 +102,7 @@ def import_module_and_submodules(package_name: str, exclude: Optional[Set[str]]
     # For some reason, python doesn't always add this by default to your path, but you pretty much
     # always want it when using `--include-package`.  And if it's already there, adding it again at
     # the end won't hurt anything.
-    with push_python_path("."):
+    with push_python_path(base_path):
         # Import at top level
         module = importlib.import_module(package_name)
         path = getattr(module, "__path__", [])
diff --git a/tests/common/util_test.py b/tests/common/util_test.py
index 12782fa7e..8fc463849 100644
--- a/tests/common/util_test.py
+++ b/tests/common/util_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from flaky import flaky
@@ -7,10 +8,34 @@
     could_be_class_name,
     find_integrations,
     find_submodules,
+    resolve_module_name,
     threaded_generator,
 )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "package_name, resolved_package_name, resolved_base_path",
+    [
+        (
+            "tango/integrations/datasets/__init__.py",
+            "tango.integrations.datasets",
+            Path("."),
+        ),
+        (
+            "tango/__init__.py",
+            "tango",
+            Path("."),
+        ),
+        ("tango/steps/dataset_remix.py", "tango.steps.dataset_remix", Path(".")),
+        ("examples/train_gpt2/components.py", "components", Path("examples/train_gpt2/")),
+    ],
+)
+def test_resolve_module_name(
+    package_name: str, resolved_package_name: str, resolved_base_path: Path
+):
+    assert resolve_module_name(package_name) == (resolved_package_name, resolved_base_path)
+
+
 def test_find_submodules():
     assert "tango.version" in set(find_submodules())
     assert "tango.common.registrable" in set(find_submodules())