diff --git a/core/includes/install.inc b/core/includes/install.inc
index c7e414aaa290d8715cefb8f10ba108e6c25b5659..11e4e5fa88a62f884815c98bcb8bc65d551870b6 100644
--- a/core/includes/install.inc
+++ b/core/includes/install.inc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\OpCodeCache;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\UrlHelper;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ExtensionDiscovery;
+use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandler;
 use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
 
 /**
@@ -1113,6 +1114,16 @@ function install_profile_info($profile, $langcode = 'en') {
     $info = \Drupal::service('info_parser')->parse("$profile_path/$profile.info.yml");
     $info += $defaults;
 
+    // Convert dependencies in [project:module] format.
+    $info['dependencies'] = array_map(function ($dependency) {
+      return ModuleHandler::parseDependency($dependency)['name'];
+    }, $info['dependencies']);
+
+    // Convert install key in [project:module] format.
+    $info['install'] = array_map(function ($dependency) {
+      return ModuleHandler::parseDependency($dependency)['name'];
+    }, $info['install']);
+
     // drupal_required_modules() includes the current profile as a dependency.
     // Remove that dependency, since a module cannot depend on itself.
     $required = array_diff(drupal_required_modules(), [$profile]);
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Installer/InstallerMissingDependenciesTest.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Installer/InstallerDependenciesResolutionTest.php
similarity index 76%
rename from core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Installer/InstallerMissingDependenciesTest.php
rename to core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Installer/InstallerDependenciesResolutionTest.php
index 052c0afb80028209cb8946a9be4435181f6b2ab6..d4d4c3194a74ada27d93fba273a7cf4880c5f3f0 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Installer/InstallerMissingDependenciesTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Installer/InstallerDependenciesResolutionTest.php
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
 
 /**
- * Tests that we handle the absence of a module dependency during install.
+ * Tests that we handle module dependency resolution during install.
  *
  * @group Installer
  */
-class InstallerMissingDependenciesTest extends KernelTestBase {
+class InstallerDependenciesResolutionTest extends KernelTestBase {
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class InstallerMissingDependenciesTest extends KernelTestBase {
   /**
    * Verifies that the exception message in the profile step is correct.
    */
-  public function testSetUpWithMissingDependencies() {
+  public function testDependenciesResolution() {
     // Prime the drupal_get_filename() static cache with the location of the
     // testing profile as it is not the currently active profile and we don't
     // yet have any cached way to retrieve its location.
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ public function testSetUpWithMissingDependencies() {
     ]);
 
     $message = $info['required_modules']['description']->render();
+    $this->assertContains('Fictional', $message);
     $this->assertContains('Missing_module1', $message);
     $this->assertContains('Missing_module2', $message);
+    $this->assertNotContains('Block', $message);
+    $this->assertNotContains('Node', $message);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/profiles/testing/testing.info.yml b/core/profiles/testing/testing.info.yml
index f5627e39062a8a2f1bc46a1276386afffa907bdf..9924817a3d6ff867acb34ec8ee64f6bc704c367c 100644
--- a/core/profiles/testing/testing.info.yml
+++ b/core/profiles/testing/testing.info.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hidden: true
 install:
   # Enable page_cache and dynamic_page_cache in testing, to ensure that as many
   # tests as possible run with them enabled.
-  - page_cache
+  - drupal:page_cache
   - dynamic_page_cache
 # @todo: Remove this in https://www.drupal.org/node/2352949
 themes:
diff --git a/core/profiles/testing_missing_dependencies/testing_missing_dependencies.info.yml b/core/profiles/testing_missing_dependencies/testing_missing_dependencies.info.yml
index fe475b3be2d24e6dce16ab2bbf5aeb98570bc443..5532efdb7adf541a8296017fa7143e16a5dcc86c 100644
--- a/core/profiles/testing_missing_dependencies/testing_missing_dependencies.info.yml
+++ b/core/profiles/testing_missing_dependencies/testing_missing_dependencies.info.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ version: VERSION
 core: 8.x
 hidden: true
 install:
+  - block
+  - drupal:node
+  - drupal:fictional
   - missing_module1
   - missing_module2
 keep_english: true