diff --git a/crates/ra_project_model/src/cargo_workspace.rs b/crates/ra_project_model/src/cargo_workspace.rs
index 291594e2a2cb..738fd6f610cb 100644
--- a/crates/ra_project_model/src/cargo_workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_project_model/src/cargo_workspace.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ pub type Target = Idx<TargetData>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct PackageData {
+    pub id: String,
     pub name: String,
     pub manifest: PathBuf,
     pub targets: Vec<Target>,
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ impl CargoWorkspace {
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to parse edition {}", edition))?;
             let pkg = packages.alloc(PackageData {
                 name,
+                id: id.to_string(),
                 manifest: manifest_path,
                 targets: Vec::new(),
                 is_member,
@@ -249,6 +251,18 @@ impl CargoWorkspace {
     pub fn workspace_root(&self) -> &Path {
         &self.workspace_root
     }
+
+    pub fn package_flag(&self, package: &PackageData) -> String {
+        if self.is_unique(&*package.name) {
+            package.name.clone()
+        } else {
+            package.id.clone()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn is_unique(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
+        self.packages.iter().filter(|(_, v)| v.name == name).count() == 1
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cargo_target_spec.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cargo_target_spec.rs
index f87bdcec5c4a..942c303287cf 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cargo_target_spec.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cargo_target_spec.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl CargoTargetSpec {
             ProjectWorkspace::Cargo { cargo, .. } => {
                 let tgt = cargo.target_by_root(&path)?;
                 Some(CargoTargetSpec {
-                    package: cargo[cargo[tgt].package].name.clone(),
+                    package: cargo.package_flag(&cargo[cargo[tgt].package]),
                     target: cargo[tgt].name.clone(),
                     target_kind: cargo[tgt].kind,
                 })