diff --git a/airflow/models/dag.py b/airflow/models/dag.py
index e17c960d2e9f6..89c4c93c41e8c 100644
--- a/airflow/models/dag.py
+++ b/airflow/models/dag.py
@@ -1439,6 +1439,9 @@ class DagModel(Base):
     # Foreign key to the latest pickle_id
     pickle_id = Column(Integer)
     # The location of the file containing the DAG object
+    # Note: Do not depend on fileloc pointing to a file; in the case of a
+    # packaged DAG, it will point to the subpath of the DAG within the
+    # associated zip.
     fileloc = Column(String(2000))
     # String representing the owners
     owners = Column(String(2000))
diff --git a/airflow/models/dagbag.py b/airflow/models/dagbag.py
index 5325588cfd435..477624c5e61e5 100644
--- a/airflow/models/dagbag.py
+++ b/airflow/models/dagbag.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def get_dag(self, dag_id):
         ):
             # Reprocess source file
             found_dags = self.process_file(
-                filepath=orm_dag.fileloc, only_if_updated=False)
+                filepath=correct_maybe_zipped(orm_dag.fileloc), only_if_updated=False)
 
             # If the source file no longer exports `dag_id`, delete it from self.dags
             if found_dags and dag_id in [found_dag.dag_id for found_dag in found_dags]:
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ def collect_dags(
         """
         start_dttm = timezone.utcnow()
         dag_folder = dag_folder or self.dag_folder
-
         # Used to store stats around DagBag processing
         stats = []
         FileLoadStat = namedtuple(
diff --git a/tests/models/test_dagbag.py b/tests/models/test_dagbag.py
index eb9ebe33ccd13..f8c945ffbfeae 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_dagbag.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_dagbag.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import inspect
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 from airflow.utils.db import create_session
 from airflow.utils.state import State
 from tests.models import TEST_DAGS_FOLDER, DEFAULT_DATE
+import airflow.example_dags
 
 
 class DagBagTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -190,20 +192,86 @@ def process_file(self, filepath, only_if_updated=True, safe_mode=True):
     def test_get_dag_fileloc(self):
         """
         Test that fileloc is correctly set when we load example DAGs,
-        specifically SubDAGs.
+        specifically SubDAGs and packaged DAGs.
         """
         dagbag = models.DagBag(include_examples=True)
 
         expected = {
-            'example_bash_operator': 'example_bash_operator.py',
-            'example_subdag_operator': 'example_subdag_operator.py',
-            'example_subdag_operator.section-1': 'subdags/subdag.py'
+            'example_bash_operator': 'airflow/example_dags/example_bash_operator.py',
+            'example_subdag_operator': 'airflow/example_dags/example_subdag_operator.py',
+            'example_subdag_operator.section-1': 'airflow/example_dags/subdags/subdag.py',
+            'test_zip_dag': 'tests/dags/test_zip.zip/test_zip.py'
         }
 
         for dag_id, path in expected.items():
             dag = dagbag.get_dag(dag_id)
-            self.assertTrue(
-                dag.fileloc.endswith('airflow/example_dags/' + path))
+            self.assertTrue(dag.fileloc.endswith(path))
+
+    @patch.object(DagModel, "get_current")
+    def test_refresh_py_dag(self, mock_dagmodel):
+        """
+        Test that we can refresh an ordinary .py DAG
+        """
+        EXAMPLE_DAGS_FOLDER = airflow.example_dags.__path__[0]
+
+        dag_id = "example_bash_operator"
+        fileloc = os.path.realpath(
+            os.path.join(EXAMPLE_DAGS_FOLDER, "example_bash_operator.py")
+        )
+
+        mock_dagmodel.return_value = DagModel()
+        mock_dagmodel.return_value.last_expired = datetime.max.replace(
+            tzinfo=timezone.utc
+        )
+        mock_dagmodel.return_value.fileloc = fileloc
+
+        class TestDagBag(DagBag):
+            process_file_calls = 0
+
+            def process_file(self, filepath, only_if_updated=True, safe_mode=True):
+                if filepath == fileloc:
+                    TestDagBag.process_file_calls += 1
+                return super().process_file(filepath, only_if_updated, safe_mode)
+
+        dagbag = TestDagBag(dag_folder=self.empty_dir, include_examples=True)
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, dagbag.process_file_calls)
+        dag = dagbag.get_dag(dag_id)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(dag)
+        self.assertEqual(dag_id, dag.dag_id)
+        self.assertEqual(2, dagbag.process_file_calls)
+
+    @patch.object(DagModel, "get_current")
+    def test_refresh_packaged_dag(self, mock_dagmodel):
+        """
+        Test that we can refresh a packaged DAG
+        """
+        dag_id = "test_zip_dag"
+        fileloc = os.path.realpath(
+            os.path.join(TEST_DAGS_FOLDER, "test_zip.zip/test_zip.py")
+        )
+
+        mock_dagmodel.return_value = DagModel()
+        mock_dagmodel.return_value.last_expired = datetime.max.replace(
+            tzinfo=timezone.utc
+        )
+        mock_dagmodel.return_value.fileloc = fileloc
+
+        class TestDagBag(DagBag):
+            process_file_calls = 0
+
+            def process_file(self, filepath, only_if_updated=True, safe_mode=True):
+                if filepath in fileloc:
+                    TestDagBag.process_file_calls += 1
+                return super().process_file(filepath, only_if_updated, safe_mode)
+
+        dagbag = TestDagBag(dag_folder=os.path.realpath(TEST_DAGS_FOLDER), include_examples=False)
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, dagbag.process_file_calls)
+        dag = dagbag.get_dag(dag_id)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(dag)
+        self.assertEqual(dag_id, dag.dag_id)
+        self.assertEqual(2, dagbag.process_file_calls)
 
     def process_dag(self, create_dag):
         """