diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
index 9f77d3d2c3e..fd1a3845773 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource;
 
 /**
  * A simple {@code ResourceResolver} that tries to find a resource under the given
@@ -172,6 +173,10 @@ public class PathResourceResolver extends AbstractResourceResolver {
 			resourcePath = resource.getURL().toExternalForm();
 			locationPath = location.getURL().toExternalForm();
 		}
+		else if(resource instanceof ServletContextResource) {
+			resourcePath = ((ServletContextResource) resource).getPath();
+			locationPath = ((ServletContextResource) location).getPath();
+		}
 		else {
 			resourcePath = resource.getURL().getPath();
 			locationPath = location.getURL().getPath();
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
index 26218e33779..e93ec912039 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -28,6 +25,8 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for
@@ -93,6 +92,19 @@ public class PathResourceResolverTests {
 		assertEquals("../testalternatepath/bar.css", actual);
 	}
 
+	// SPR-12432
+	@Test
+	public void checkServletContextResource() throws Exception {
+		Resource classpathLocation = new ClassPathResource("test/", PathResourceResolver.class);
+		MockServletContext context = new MockServletContext();
+
+		ServletContextResource servletContextLocation = new ServletContextResource(context, "/webjars/");
+		ServletContextResource resource = new ServletContextResource(context, "/webjars/webjar-foo/1.0/foo.js");
+
+		assertFalse(this.resolver.checkResource(resource, classpathLocation));
+		assertTrue(this.resolver.checkResource(resource, servletContextLocation));
+	}
+
 	private void testCheckResource(Resource location, String requestPath) throws IOException {
 		Resource actual = this.resolver.resolveResource(null, requestPath, Arrays.asList(location), null);
 		assertTrue(location.createRelative(requestPath).exists());