diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 571660248db..7e2df44c451 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     "pretty-ms": "^2.1.0",
     "progress": "^1.1.8",
     "progress-stream": "^1.2.0",
+    "read-installed": "^4.0.3",
     "sanitize-filename": "^1.6.0",
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.2",
diff --git a/src/platformPackager.ts b/src/platformPackager.ts
index 0754d7c506e..ccf6e70fd0c 100644
--- a/src/platformPackager.ts
+++ b/src/platformPackager.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Minimatch } from "minimatch"
 import { checkFileInArchive, createAsarArchive } from "./asarUtil"
 import { warn, log, task } from "./util/log"
 import { AppInfo } from "./appInfo"
-import { listDependencies, createFilter, copyFiltered, hasMagic } from "./util/filter"
+import { createFilter, copyFiltered, hasMagic, devDependencies } from "./util/filter"
 import { ElectronPackagerOptions, pack } from "./packager/dirPackager"
 
 //noinspection JSUnusedLocalSymbols
@@ -169,22 +169,17 @@ export abstract class PlatformPackager<DC extends PlatformSpecificBuildOptions>
     const p = pack(options, appOutDir, platformName, Arch[arch], this.info.electronVersion, async() => {
       const ignoreFiles = new Set([path.relative(this.info.appDir, outDir), path.relative(this.info.appDir, this.buildResourcesDir)])
       if (!this.info.isTwoPackageJsonProjectLayoutUsed) {
-        const result = await BluebirdPromise.all([listDependencies(this.info.appDir, false), listDependencies(this.info.appDir, true)])
-        const productionDepsSet = new Set(result[1])
-
+        const result = await devDependencies(this.info.appDir)
         // npm returns real path, so, we should use relative path to avoid any mismatch
         const realAppDirPath = await realpath(this.info.appDir)
-
-        for (let it of result[0]) {
-          if (!productionDepsSet.has(it)) {
-            if (it.startsWith(realAppDirPath)) {
-              it = it.substring(realAppDirPath.length + 1)
-            }
-            else if (it.startsWith(this.info.appDir)) {
-              it = it.substring(this.info.appDir.length + 1)
-            }
-            ignoreFiles.add(it)
+        for (let it of result) {
+          if (it.startsWith(realAppDirPath)) {
+            it = it.substring(realAppDirPath.length + 1)
+          }
+          else if (it.startsWith(this.info.appDir)) {
+            it = it.substring(this.info.appDir.length + 1)
           }
+          ignoreFiles.add(it)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/util/filter.ts b/src/util/filter.ts
index 991a496dc61..62370828253 100644
--- a/src/util/filter.ts
+++ b/src/util/filter.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { copy } from "fs-extra-p"
 import { Minimatch } from "minimatch"
-import { exec } from "./util"
 import * as path from "path"
+import { Promise as BluebirdPromise } from "bluebird"
 
 //noinspection JSUnusedLocalSymbols
 const __awaiter = require("./awaiter")
+const readInstalled = require("read-installed")
 
 // we use relative path to avoid canonical path issue - e.g. /tmp vs /private/tmp
 export function copyFiltered(src: string, destination: string, filter: (file: string) => boolean, dereference: boolean): Promise<any> {
@@ -54,29 +55,43 @@ export function createFilter(src: string, patterns: Array<Minimatch>, ignoreFile
   }
 }
 
-export async function listDependencies(appDir: string, production: boolean): Promise<Array<string>> {
-  let npmExecPath = process.env.npm_execpath || process.env.NPM_CLI_JS
-  const npmExecArgs = ["ls", production ? "--production" : "--dev", "--parseable"]
-  if (npmExecPath == null) {
-    npmExecPath = process.platform === "win32" ? "npm.cmd" : "npm"
-  }
-  else {
-    npmExecArgs.unshift(npmExecPath)
-    npmExecPath = process.env.npm_node_execpath || process.env.NODE_EXE || "node"
-  }
+export function devDependencies(dir: string): Promise<Array<string>> {
+  return new BluebirdPromise((resolve, reject) => {
+    readInstalled(dir, (error: Error, data: any) => {
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error)
+      }
+      else {
+        resolve(flatDependencies(data, new Set()))
+      }
+    })
+  })
+}
 
-  const result = (await exec(npmExecPath, npmExecArgs, {
-    cwd: appDir,
-    stdio: "inherit",
-    maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024,
-  })).trim().split("\n")
-  if (result.length > 0 && !result[0].includes("/node_modules/")) {
-    // first line is a project dir
-    const lastIndex = result.length - 1
-    result[0] = result[lastIndex]
-    result.length = result.length - 1
+function flatDependencies(data: any, seen: Set<string>): any {
+  const deps = data.dependencies
+  if (deps == null) {
+    return []
   }
-  return result
+
+  return Object.keys(deps).map(function (d) {
+    if (typeof deps[d] !== "object" || seen.has(deps[d])) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    seen.add(deps[d])
+    if (deps[d].extraneous) {
+      const extra = deps[d]
+      delete deps[d]
+      return extra.path
+    }
+    return flatDependencies(deps[d], seen)
+  })
+    .filter(it => it !== null)
+    .reduce(function FLAT(l, r) {
+      return l.concat(Array.isArray(r) ? r.reduce(FLAT, []) : r)
+    }, [])
+
 }
 
 // https://github.com/joshwnj/minimatch-all/blob/master/index.js
diff --git a/test/src/globTest.ts b/test/src/globTest.ts
index f8e6a5de5e4..33420d2f6e1 100644
--- a/test/src/globTest.ts
+++ b/test/src/globTest.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ test.ifNotCiOsx("ignore node_modules known dev dep", () => {
   })
 })
 
+// https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/611
+test.ifDevOrLinuxCi("failed peer dep", () => {
+  return assertPack("test-app-one", {
+    targets: Platform.LINUX.createTarget(DIR_TARGET),
+  }, {
+    npmInstallBefore: true,
+    tempDirCreated: projectDir => modifyPackageJson(projectDir, data => {
+      data.dependencies = {
+        "rc-datepicker": "4.0.0",
+        "react": "15.2.1",
+        "react-dom": "15.2.1"
+      }
+    }),
+  })
+})
+
 test("extraResources", async () => {
   for (let platform of getPossiblePlatforms().keys()) {
     const osName = platform.buildConfigurationKey