diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts
index 7966503197..c8cecf0dab 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { SigIntWatcher } from './sigIntWatcher';
 import type { TestCase } from './test';
 import { Suite } from './test';
 import type { Config, FullConfigInternal, FullProjectInternal, ReporterInternal } from './types';
-import { createFileMatcher, createTitleMatcher, serializeError } from './util';
+import { createFileMatcher, createFileMatcherFromFilters, createTitleMatcher, serializeError } from './util';
 import type { Matcher, TestFileFilter } from './util';
 
 const removeFolderAsync = promisify(rimraf);
@@ -619,15 +619,11 @@ function filterByFocusedLine(suite: Suite, focusedTestFileLines: TestFileFilter[
   if (!filterWithLine)
     return;
 
-  const testFileLineMatches = (testFileName: string, testLine: number, testColumn: number) => focusedTestFileLines.some(({ re, exact, line, column }) => {
-    const lineColumnOk = (line === testLine || line === null) && (column === testColumn || column === null);
+  const testFileLineMatches = (testFileName: string, testLine: number, testColumn: number) => focusedTestFileLines.some(filter => {
+    const lineColumnOk = (filter.line === testLine || filter.line === null) && (filter.column === testColumn || filter.column === null);
     if (!lineColumnOk)
       return false;
-    if (re) {
-      re.lastIndex = 0;
-      return re.test(testFileName);
-    }
-    return testFileName === exact;
+    return createFileMatcherFromFilters([filter])(testFileName);
   });
   const suiteFilter = (suite: Suite) => {
     return !!suite.location && testFileLineMatches(suite.location.file, suite.location.line, suite.location.column);
@@ -898,7 +894,7 @@ class ListModeReporter implements Reporter {
 
 function fileMatcherFrom(testFileFilters?: TestFileFilter[]): Matcher {
   if (testFileFilters?.length)
-    return createFileMatcher(testFileFilters.map(e => e.re || e.exact || ''));
+    return createFileMatcherFromFilters(testFileFilters);
   return () => true;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/util.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/util.ts
index d08a184aec..b21e1c2585 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/util.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ export type TestFileFilter = {
   column: number | null;
 };
 
+export function createFileMatcherFromFilters(filters: TestFileFilter[]): Matcher {
+  return createFileMatcher(filters.map(filter => filter.re || filter.exact || ''));
+}
+
 export function createFileMatcher(patterns: string | RegExp | (string | RegExp)[]): Matcher {
   const reList: RegExp[] = [];
   const filePatterns: string[] = [];
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/command-line-filter.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/command-line-filter.spec.ts
index 503c47662c..a3c070a6be 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/command-line-filter.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/command-line-filter.spec.ts
@@ -60,12 +60,13 @@ test('should filter by line and column', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
           pwt.test('no-wrong-column', () => { expect(1).toBe(2); });
   pwt.test('yes-no-column-specified', () => { expect(1).toBe(1); });
   pwt.test('no-match', () => { expect(1).toBe(1); });
+      pwt.test('yes-full-match-with-dirname', () => { expect(1).toBe(1); });
       `,
-  }, undefined, undefined, { additionalArgs: ['x.spec.js:5:11', 'x.spec.js:6:99999', 'x.spec.js:7'] });
+  }, undefined, undefined, { additionalArgs: ['x.spec.js:5:11', 'x.spec.js:6:99999', 'x.spec.js:7', 'foo/x.spec.js:9:11'] });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  expect(result.report.suites[0].specs.map(spec => spec.title)).toEqual(['yes-full-match', 'yes-no-column-specified']);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
+  expect(result.report.suites[0].specs.map(spec => spec.title)).toEqual(['yes-full-match', 'yes-no-column-specified', 'yes-full-match-with-dirname']);
 });
 
 test('line should override focused test', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {