diff --git a/R/info.r b/R/info.r
index 93c76ced..da70e441 100644
--- a/R/info.r
+++ b/R/info.r
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ pkg_info = function (spec) {
     fmt('<mod_info: \x1B[33m{path}\x1B[0m>')
 }
 
-is_absolute = function (spec) {
-    spec$prefix[1L] %in% c('.', '..')
+is_local = function (spec) {
+    ! is.null(spec$prefix) && spec$prefix[1L] %in% c('.', '..')
 }
 
 find_mod = function (spec, caller) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ find_mod = function (spec, caller) {
 }
 
 `find_mod.box$mod_spec` = function (spec, caller) {
-    if (is_absolute(spec)) find_local_mod(spec, caller) else find_global_mod(spec, caller)
+    if (is_local(spec)) find_local_mod(spec, caller) else find_global_mod(spec, caller)
 }
 
 `find_mod.box$pkg_spec` = function (spec, caller) {
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ find_in_path = function (spec, base_paths) {
 }
 
 mod_file_candidates = function (spec, base_paths) {
-    mod_path_prefix = merge_path(spec$prefix)
+    # Fallback for unscoped, global module names.
+    mod_path_prefix = merge_path(spec$prefix) %||% '.'
     ext = c('.r', '.R')
     simple_mod = file.path(mod_path_prefix, paste0(spec$name, ext))
     nested_mod = file.path(mod_path_prefix, spec$name, paste0('__init__', ext))
diff --git a/R/spec.r b/R/spec.r
index 5f24c452..7dcbd8c5 100644
--- a/R/spec.r
+++ b/R/spec.r
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 # spec        → pkg_name (“[” attach_spec “]”)? !“/” /
 #               mod
 # pkg_name    → name
-# mod         → mod_prefix “/” mod_name (“[” attach_spec “]”)?
+# mod         → mod_prefix “/” mod_name (“[” attach_spec “]”)? /
+#               “mod” “(” mod_prefix “)” (“[” attach_spec “]”)?
 # mod_prefix  → name !“/” /
 #               mod_prefix “/” name
 # mod_name    → name
@@ -127,28 +128,32 @@ spec_name = function (spec) {
 parse_spec_impl = function (expr) {
     if (is.name(expr)) {
         if (identical(expr, quote(.))) {
-            list(prefix = '.', name = '__init__')
+            list(mod = list(prefix = '.', name = '__init__'))
         } else if (identical(expr, quote(..))) {
-            list(prefix = '..', name = '.')
+            list(mod = list(prefix = '..', name = '.'))
         } else {
             c(parse_pkg_name(expr), list(attach = NULL))
         }
     } else if (is.call(expr)) {
         if (identical(expr[[1L]], quote(`[`))) {
-            if (is.name((name = expr[[2L]]))) {
+            name = expr[[2L]]
+            if (is.name((name))) {
                 if (identical(name, quote(.))) {
-                    c(list(prefix = '.', name = '__init__'), parse_attach_spec(expr))
+                    c(list(mod = list(prefix = '.', name = '__init__')), parse_attach_spec(expr))
                 } else if (identical(name, quote(..))) {
-                    # parse_mod(bquote(../.(`[[<-`(expr, 2L, quote(.)))))
-                    c(list(prefix = '..', name = '.'), parse_attach_spec(expr))
+                    c(list(mod = list(prefix = '..', name = '.')), parse_attach_spec(expr))
                 } else {
                     c(parse_pkg_name(name), parse_attach_spec(expr))
                 }
+            } else if (is.call(name) && identical(name[[1L]], quote(mod))) {
+                c(parse_bare_mod(name[[2L]]), parse_attach_spec(expr))
             } else {
                 throw('expected a name in {expr;"}, got {describe_token(name)}')
             }
         } else if (identical(expr[[1L]], quote(`/`))) {
             parse_mod(expr)
+        } else if (identical(expr[[1L]], quote(mod))) {
+            c(parse_bare_mod(expr[[2L]]), list(attach = NULL))
         } else {
             throw('expected {"/";"} in {expr;"}, got {expr[[1L]];"}')
         }
@@ -196,6 +201,36 @@ parse_mod = function (expr) {
     }
 }
 
+parse_bare_mod = function (expr) {
+    if (is.call(expr)) {
+        if (identical(expr[[1L]], quote(`/`))) {
+            prefix = parse_mod_prefix(expr[[2L]])
+            mod = expr[[3L]]
+
+            # Runs of `..` from the start are valid; `..` in the middle is not:
+
+            if (any(diff(which(c(TRUE, prefix$prefix == '..'))) > 1L)) {
+                # At least one gap in the sequence of `..` from the start
+                throw('{"..";"} can only be used as a prefix')
+            }
+
+            if ('.' %in% prefix$prefix[-1L]) {
+                throw('{".";"} can only be used as a prefix')
+            }
+
+            if (is.name(mod)) {
+                list(mod = c(name = parse_name(mod), prefix))
+            } else {
+                throw('expected mod name in {expr;"}, got {describe_token(mod)}')
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw('expected mod name in {expr;"}, got {describe_token(expr[[1L]])}')
+        }
+    } else if (is.name(expr)) {
+        list(mod = list(name = parse_name(expr), prefix = NULL))
+    }
+}
+
 parse_mod_prefix = function (expr) {
     if (is.name(expr)) {
         list(prefix = deparse1(expr))
@@ -280,5 +315,9 @@ parse_name = function (expr) {
 }
 
 describe_token = function (expr) {
-    fmt('{class(expr)} literal {expr;"}')
+    if (is.name(expr) || is.call(expr)) {
+        fmt('{expr;"}')
+    } else {
+        fmt('{class(expr)} literal {expr;"}')
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper-mod-spec.r b/tests/testthat/helper-mod-spec.r
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d6d315c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper-mod-spec.r
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+test_use = function (...) {
+    call = match.call()
+    parse_spec(call[[2L]], names(call)[[2L]] %||% '')
+}
+
+expect_identical_spec = function (object, expected) {
+    act = quasi_label(rlang::enquo(object), NULL, arg = 'object')
+    exp = quasi_label(rlang::enquo(expected), NULL, arg = 'expected')
+
+    ident = identical(act$val, exp$val)
+    msg = if (ident) {
+        ''
+    } else {
+        act_str = capture.output(str(unclass(act$val)))
+        exp_str = capture.output(str(unclass(exp$val)))
+        paste0(paste('  ', act_str, collapse = '\n'), '\n≠\n', paste('  ', exp_str, collapse = '\n'))
+    }
+
+    expect(
+        ident,
+        sprintf('%s not identical to %s:\n%s', act$lab, exp$lab, msg),
+        info = NULL
+    )
+    invisible(act$val)
+}
+
+is_mod_spec = function (x) {
+    inherits(x, 'box$mod_spec')
+}
+
+is_pkg_spec = function (x) {
+    inherits(x, 'box$pkg_spec')
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-find.r b/tests/testthat/test-find.r
index 5f8fdd31..07eaca6d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-find.r
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-find.r
@@ -98,3 +98,17 @@ test_that('modules are found during Shiny startup', {
     script_path = rscript('support/run-shiny.r')
     expect_paths_equal(script_path, 'support/shiny-app')
 })
+
+test_that('unscoped modules can be found', {
+    spec = parse_spec(quote(mod(a)), '')
+    candidates = mod_file_candidates(spec, 'x')
+    expect_setequal(
+        unlist(candidates),
+        c('x/./a.r', 'x/./a.R', 'x/./a/__init__.r', 'x/./a/__init__.R')
+    )
+
+    old_opts = options(box.path = file.path(getOption('box.path'), 'mod'))
+    on.exit(options(old_opts))
+
+    expect_error(find_mod(spec, environment()), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-parse-mod-spec.r b/tests/testthat/test-parse-mod-spec.r
index b701ee18..44f8cdfb 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-parse-mod-spec.r
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-parse-mod-spec.r
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 context('spec parser')
 
-test_use = function (...) {
-    call = match.call()
-    parse_spec(call[[2L]], names(call)[[2L]] %||% '')
-}
-
-is_mod_spec = function (x) {
-    inherits(x, 'box$mod_spec')
-}
-
-is_pkg_spec = function (x) {
-    inherits(x, 'box$pkg_spec')
-}
-
 test_that('modules without attaching can be parsed', {
     m = test_use(foo/bar)
     expect_true(is_mod_spec(m))
@@ -271,3 +258,61 @@ test_that('aliases need a name', {
     expect_box_error(test_use(foo/bar[alias =, y]), 'alias without a name provided in attach list')
     expect_box_error(test_use(foo/bar[x, alias =]), 'alias without a name provided in attach list')
 })
+
+test_that('module names can be disambiguated explicitly', {
+    # Helper to generate a mod spec for a global, prefix-less module *without*
+    # relying on the disambiguation syntax; since that is what we want to test
+    # here, so we can’t rely on it working correctly.
+    fake_global_mod = function (...) {
+        call = match.call()
+        call[[1L]] = quote(test_use)
+        x = eval.parent(call)
+        x['prefix'] = list(NULL)
+        x
+    }
+
+    # Test the helper.
+    fake = fake_global_mod(foo/bar)
+    expect_identical(
+        fake,
+        structure(
+            list(
+                name = 'bar',
+                prefix = NULL,
+                attach = NULL,
+                alias = 'bar',
+                explicit = FALSE
+            ),
+            class = c('box$mod_spec', 'box$spec')
+        )
+    )
+
+    m = test_use(mod(foo/bar))
+    expect_true(is_mod_spec(m))
+    expect_identical_spec(m, test_use(foo/bar))
+
+    n = test_use(mod(foo))
+    expect_identical_spec(n, fake_global_mod(x/foo))
+
+    expect_identical_spec(test_use(foo = mod(foo)), fake_global_mod(foo = x/foo))
+
+    o = test_use(mod(foo)[bar])
+    expect_true(is_mod_spec(o))
+    expect_null(o$prefix)
+    expect_equal(o$name, 'foo')
+    expect_equal(o$attach, c(bar = 'bar'))
+
+    p = test_use(mod(foo/bar)[baz])
+    expect_true(is_mod_spec(p))
+    expect_equal(p$prefix, 'foo')
+    expect_equal(p$name, 'bar')
+    expect_equal(p$attach, c(baz = 'baz'))
+
+    expect_box_error(test_use(mod(foo[bar])))
+    expect_box_error(test_use(mod(foo/bar[baz])))
+
+    expect_error(test_use(mod(./foo)), NA)
+    expect_error(test_use(mod(../../foo)), NA)
+    expect_box_error(test_use(mod(foo/./bar)))
+    expect_box_error(test_use(mod(foo/../bar)))
+})