diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d90f15316465ae517b5db02e9e52f49c7582a035..c216c8ca812204f22248522e0249e0fc79a531c4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function licensee (configuration, path, callback) {
       .then(function (tree) {
         var dependencies = Array.from(tree.inventory.values())
           .filter(function (dependency) {
-            return !dependency.isProjectRoot
+            return !dependency.isProjectRoot && dependency.package.name
           })
         if (configuration.filterPackages) {
           dependencies = configuration.filterPackages(dependencies)