diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0a0a91720146b84a4b61bd9ec4b573652c133940..064c93ca41b1bb3ffdd9e36a74105146fffb2a9c 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)