diff --git a/src/API.jl b/src/API.jl
index b9555bfc4f..14536c8a59 100644
--- a/src/API.jl
+++ b/src/API.jl
@@ -1181,7 +1181,13 @@ function precompile(ctx::Context, pkgs::Vector{PackageSpec}; internal_call::Bool
     end
 
     # return early if no deps
-    isempty(depsmap) && return
+    if isempty(depsmap)
+        if isempty(pkgs)
+            return
+        else
+            pkgerror("No direct dependencies outside of the sysimage found matching $(repr([p.name for p in pkgs]))")
+        end
+    end
 
     # initialize signalling
     started = Dict{Base.PkgId,Bool}()
@@ -1227,13 +1233,19 @@ function precompile(ctx::Context, pkgs::Vector{PackageSpec}; internal_call::Bool
         end
         keep = Base.PkgId[]
         for dep in depsmap
-            if first(dep).name in pkgs_names
-                push!(keep, first(dep))
-                append!(keep, collect_all_deps(depsmap, first(dep)))
+            dep_pkgid = first(dep)
+            if dep_pkgid.name in pkgs_names
+                push!(keep, dep_pkgid)
+                append!(keep, collect_all_deps(depsmap, dep_pkgid))
+            end
+        end
+        for ext in keys(exts)
+            if issubset(collect_all_deps(depsmap, ext), keep) # if all extension deps are kept
+                push!(keep, ext)
             end
         end
         filter!(d->in(first(d), keep), depsmap)
-        isempty(depsmap) && pkgerror("No direct dependencies found matching $(repr(pkgs_names))")
+        isempty(depsmap) && pkgerror("No direct dependencies outside of the sysimage found matching $(repr(pkgs_names))")
         target = join(pkgs_names, ", ")
     else
         target = "project..."
@@ -1284,7 +1296,7 @@ function precompile(ctx::Context, pkgs::Vector{PackageSpec}; internal_call::Bool
             wait(first_started)
             (isempty(pkg_queue) || interrupted_or_done.set) && return
             fancyprint && lock(print_lock) do
-                printpkgstyle(io, :Precompiling, "environment...")
+                printpkgstyle(io, :Precompiling, target)
                 print(io, ansi_disablecursor)
             end
             t = Timer(0; interval=1/10)
diff --git a/src/Artifacts.jl b/src/Artifacts.jl
index 0951bbebff..f12aa41aaf 100644
--- a/src/Artifacts.jl
+++ b/src/Artifacts.jl
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ function bind_artifact!(artifacts_toml::String, name::String, hash::SHA1;
 
     # Spit it out onto disk
     let artifact_dict = artifact_dict
-        temp_artifacts_toml = tempname(dirname(artifacts_toml))
+        parent_dir = dirname(artifacts_toml)
+        temp_artifacts_toml = isempty(parent_dir) ? tempname(pwd()) : tempname(parent_dir)
         open(temp_artifacts_toml, "w") do io
             TOML.print(io, artifact_dict, sorted=true)
         end
diff --git a/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl b/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl
index f0866a438a..99bfa55d3e 100644
--- a/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl
+++ b/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl
@@ -746,10 +746,11 @@ function try_prompt_pkg_add(pkgs::Vector{Symbol})
             push!(shown_envs, expanded_env)
         end
         menu = TerminalMenus.RadioMenu(option_list, keybindings=keybindings, pagesize=length(option_list))
+        default = min(2, length(option_list))
         print(ctx.io, "\e[1A\e[1G\e[0J") # go up one line, to the start, and clear it
         printstyled(ctx.io, " └ "; color=:green)
         choice = try
-            TerminalMenus.request("Select environment:", menu)
+            TerminalMenus.request("Select environment:", menu, cursor=default)
         catch err
             if err isa InterruptException # if ^C is entered
                 println(ctx.io)
diff --git a/test/api.jl b/test/api.jl
index 4e91b4b025..195a3c8cd1 100644
--- a/test/api.jl
+++ b/test/api.jl
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@ end
         Pkg.activate(".")
         Pkg.activate("CircularDep3")
         @test_logs (:warn, r"Circular dependency detected") Pkg.precompile()
+
+        Pkg.activate(temp=true)
+        Pkg.precompile() # precompile an empty env should be a no-op
+        @test_throws Pkg.Types.PkgError Pkg.precompile("DoesNotExist") # fail to find a nonexistant dep in an empty env
+
+        Pkg.add("Random")
+        @test_throws Pkg.Types.PkgError Pkg.precompile("Random") # Random is a dep but in the sysimage
+        @test_throws Pkg.Types.PkgError Pkg.precompile("DoesNotExist")
+        Pkg.precompile() # should be a no-op
     end end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/artifacts.jl b/test/artifacts.jl
index 5aa58a5992..29eb217139 100644
--- a/test/artifacts.jl
+++ b/test/artifacts.jl
@@ -264,6 +264,26 @@ end
         meta = artifact_meta("foo_txt", artifacts_toml; platform=win32)
         @test meta["download"][1]["url"] == "http://google.com/hello_world"
         @test meta["download"][2]["sha256"] == "a"^64
+
+        rm(artifacts_toml)
+
+        # test relative Artifacts.toml paths (https://github.com/simeonschaub/ArtifactUtils.jl/issues/19)
+        cd(path) do
+            hash3 = create_artifact() do path
+                open(joinpath(path, "foo.txt"), "w") do io
+                    print(io, "bla bla")
+                end
+            end
+
+            # Bind this artifact to something
+            artifacts_toml = "Artifacts.toml" # no parent dir specified
+            @test artifact_hash("foo_txt", artifacts_toml) == nothing
+            bind_artifact!(artifacts_toml, "foo_txt", hash3)
+
+            # Test that this binding worked
+            @test artifact_hash("foo_txt", artifacts_toml) == hash3
+            @test ensure_artifact_installed("foo_txt", artifacts_toml) == artifact_path(hash3)
+        end
     end
 
     # Let's test some known-bad Artifacts.toml files
diff --git a/test/extensions.jl b/test/extensions.jl
index e9fe24f081..1a76757d7d 100644
--- a/test/extensions.jl
+++ b/test/extensions.jl
@@ -62,4 +62,20 @@ using Test
         Pkg.test("HasDepWithExtensions", julia_args=`--depwarn=no`) # OffsetArrays errors from depwarn
         @test_throws Pkg.Resolve.ResolverError Pkg.add(; name = "OffsetArrays", version = "0.9.0")
     end
+    isolate(loaded_depot=false) do
+        withenv("JULIA_PKG_PRECOMPILE_AUTO" => 0) do
+            depot = mktempdir(); empty!(DEPOT_PATH); push!(DEPOT_PATH, depot)
+            Pkg.activate(; temp=true)
+            Pkg.Registry.add(Pkg.RegistrySpec(path=joinpath(@__DIR__, "test_packages", "ExtensionExamples", "ExtensionRegistry")))
+            Pkg.Registry.add("General")
+            Pkg.add("HasDepWithExtensions")
+        end
+        iob = IOBuffer()
+        Pkg.precompile("HasDepWithExtensions", io=iob)
+        out = String(take!(iob))
+        @test occursin("Precompiling", out)
+        @test occursin("OffsetArraysExt", out)
+        @test occursin("HasExtensions", out)
+        @test occursin("HasDepWithExtensions", out)
+    end
 end