diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
index 5ad8a27c430907cde96aa7aeaf011145a2906528..fa63db0dfed646fc24333e88ef5ddff3eced8d93 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module Homebrew
         @to_paths ||= {}
         @to_paths[only] ||= downcased_unique_named.flat_map do |name|
           if File.exist?(name)
-            name
+            Pathname(name)
           elsif name.count("/") == 1
             Tap.fetch(name).path
           else
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb
index 10856882a4e01a85168c8aaf9fedf7a12dfc9730..b70a67acc36ebe67109cc904a241fc7ce8dc8523 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb
@@ -120,4 +120,45 @@ describe Homebrew::CLI::NamedArgs do
       expect(described_class.new("foo").homebrew_tap_cask_names).to be_empty
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#to_paths" do
+    let(:existing_path) { mktmpdir }
+    let(:formula_path) { Pathname("/path/to/foo.rb") }
+    let(:cask_path) { Pathname("/path/to/baz.rb") }
+
+    before do
+      allow(formula_path).to receive(:exist?).and_return(true)
+      allow(cask_path).to receive(:exist?).and_return(true)
+
+      allow(Formulary).to receive(:path).and_call_original
+      allow(Cask::CaskLoader).to receive(:path).and_call_original
+    end
+
+    it "returns taps, cask formula and existing paths" do
+      expect(Formulary).to receive(:path).with("foo").and_return(formula_path)
+      expect(Cask::CaskLoader).to receive(:path).with("baz").and_return(cask_path)
+
+      expect(described_class.new("homebrew/core", "foo", "baz", existing_path.to_s).to_paths)
+        .to eq [Tap.fetch("homebrew/core").path, formula_path, cask_path, existing_path]
+    end
+
+    it "returns both cask and formula paths if they exist" do
+      expect(Formulary).to receive(:path).with("foo").and_return(formula_path)
+      expect(Cask::CaskLoader).to receive(:path).with("baz").and_return(cask_path)
+
+      expect(described_class.new("foo", "baz").to_paths).to eq [formula_path, cask_path]
+    end
+
+    it "returns only formulae when `only: :formulae` is specified" do
+      expect(Formulary).to receive(:path).with("foo").and_return(formula_path)
+
+      expect(described_class.new("foo", "baz").to_paths(only: :formulae)).to eq [formula_path, Formulary.path("baz")]
+    end
+
+    it "returns only casks when `only: :casks` is specified" do
+      expect(Cask::CaskLoader).to receive(:path).with("foo").and_return(cask_path)
+
+      expect(described_class.new("foo", "baz").to_paths(only: :casks)).to eq [cask_path, Cask::CaskLoader.path("baz")]
+    end
+  end
 end