diff --git a/src/extensibility/node/npm-installer.js b/src/extensibility/node/npm-installer.js
index a5271d87446..46d25cfbeb6 100644
--- a/src/extensibility/node/npm-installer.js
+++ b/src/extensibility/node/npm-installer.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function performNpmInstallIfRequired(npmOptions, validationResult, callback) {
         packageJson = null;
     }
 
-    if (!packageJson || !packageJson.dependencies) {
+    if (!packageJson || !packageJson.dependencies || !Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies).length) {
         return finish();
     }