diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/Run.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/Run.scala
index 751973065d0a..e439ebfd60f7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/Run.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/Run.scala
@@ -304,10 +304,6 @@ class Run(comp: Compiler, ictx: Context) extends ImplicitRunInfo with Constraint
 
       def process()(using Context) = {
 
-        def parseSource()(using Context) =
-          if (unit.isJava) new JavaParser(unit.source).parse()
-          else new Parser(unit.source).parse()
-
         def enterTrees()(using Context) =
           ctx.typer.lateEnter(unit.untpdTree)
           def typeCheckUnit()(using Context) =
@@ -321,7 +317,9 @@ class Run(comp: Compiler, ictx: Context) extends ImplicitRunInfo with Constraint
             if compiling then finalizeActions += (() => typeCheckUnit()(using typerCtx))
             else typeCheckUnit()(using typerCtx)
 
-        unit.untpdTree = parseSource()
+        unit.untpdTree =
+          if (unit.isJava) new JavaParser(unit.source).parse()
+          else new Parser(unit.source).parse()
         val namerCtx =
           // inline body annotations are set in namer, capturing the current context
           // we need to prepare the context for inlining.
diff --git a/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests b/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
index 9f8956e1d23c..a2ff55243f11 100755
--- a/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
+++ b/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
@@ -83,3 +83,11 @@ clear_out "$OUT"
 ./bin/scalac -d "$OUT/out.jar" tests/pos/i12973.scala
 echo "Bug12973().check" | TERM=dumb ./bin/scala -cp "$OUT/out.jar" > "$tmp" 2>&1
 grep -qe "Bug12973 is fixed" "$tmp"
+
+echo "testing -sourcepath with inlining"
+cwd=$(pwd)
+java_prop="pack.version.file=$cwd/dist/target/pack/VERSION"
+(cd "$cwd/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline" && "$SBT" "-D$java_prop" ";clean;prepareSources;compile;copyChanges;compile")
+rm -rf "$cwd/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/target"
+rm -rf "$cwd/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/project/target"
+rm -f "$cwd/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/src/main/scala/a/zz.scala"
diff --git a/project/scripts/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh b/project/scripts/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh
index dc81a3e35b52..587dd3527bd2 100644
--- a/project/scripts/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh
+++ b/project/scripts/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 set -eux
 
-SBT="./project/scripts/sbt" # if run on CI
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >& /dev/null && pwd)/../.."
+
+SBT="$ROOT/project/scripts/sbt" # if run on CI
 # SBT="sbt" # if run locally
 
 SOURCE="tests/pos/HelloWorld.scala"
diff --git a/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/README.md b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3738c0861fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Readme
+
+Do not use this directory for testing sbt projects in general, add a test case to `dotty/sbt-test`
+
+This directory is for sbt tests that can not be reproduced with sbt scripted tests.
+
+Adding a test here will reduce the performance of running all tests.
diff --git a/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/build.sbt b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bff160ff55a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import java.util.Properties
+
+val prepareSources = taskKey[Unit]("Copy changes to the src directory")
+val copyChanges = taskKey[Unit]("Copy changes to the src directory")
+
+val srcDir = settingKey[File]("The directory to copy changes to")
+val changesDir = settingKey[File]("The directory to copy changes from")
+
+srcDir := (ThisBuild / baseDirectory).value / "src" / "main" / "scala"
+changesDir := (ThisBuild / baseDirectory).value / "changes"
+
+prepareSources := IO.copyFile(changesDir.value / "zz.original.scala", srcDir.value / "a" / "zz.scala")
+copyChanges := IO.copyFile(changesDir.value / "zz.new.scala", srcDir.value / "a" / "zz.scala")
+
+(Compile / scalacOptions) ++= Seq(
+  "-sourcepath", (Compile / sourceDirectories).value.map(_.getAbsolutePath).distinct.mkString(java.io.File.pathSeparator),
+)
diff --git a/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/changes/zz.new.scala b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/changes/zz.new.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fbf5cf7fb5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/changes/zz.new.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package a
+
+object Foo: // note that `Foo` is defined in `zz.scala`
+  class Local
+  inline def foo(using Local): Nothing =
+    ???
+    ???
diff --git a/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/changes/zz.original.scala b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/changes/zz.original.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17a7488ccb1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/changes/zz.original.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package a
+
+object Foo: // note that `Foo` is defined in `zz.scala`
+  class Local
+  inline def foo(using Local): Nothing =
+    ???
diff --git a/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/project/DottyInjectedPlugin.scala b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/project/DottyInjectedPlugin.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cdccf273e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/project/DottyInjectedPlugin.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import sbt._
+import Keys._
+
+import java.util.Properties
+import java.io.File
+
+object DottyInjectedPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
+  override def requires = plugins.JvmPlugin
+  override def trigger = allRequirements
+
+  private val packProperties = settingKey[Properties]("The properties of the dist/pack command")
+
+  override val projectSettings = Seq(
+    packProperties := {
+      val prop = new Properties()
+      IO
+        .read(new File(sys.props("pack.version.file")))
+        .linesIterator
+        .foreach { line =>
+          val Array(key, value) = line.split(":=")
+          prop.setProperty(key, value)
+        }
+      prop
+    },
+    scalaVersion := packProperties.value.getProperty("version")
+  )
+}
diff --git a/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/project/build.properties b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/project/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10fd9eee04ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/project/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sbt.version=1.5.5
diff --git a/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/src/main/scala/a/Bar.scala b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/src/main/scala/a/Bar.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79af4eb2cebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmdTest-sbt-tests/sourcepath-with-inline/src/main/scala/a/Bar.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package a
+
+object Bar:
+  given Foo.Local()
+  def Bar = Foo.foo