diff --git a/packages/electron-builder-util/src/fs.ts b/packages/electron-builder-util/src/fs.ts
index 50a72960f00..b470f9d6af9 100644
--- a/packages/electron-builder-util/src/fs.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-builder-util/src/fs.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function exists(file: string): Promise<boolean> {
   }
 }
 
-export async function walk(initialDirPath: string, filter?: Filter | null, consumer?: (file: string, stat: Stats, parent: string, extraIgnoredFiles: Set<string>) => any): Promise<Array<string>> {
+export async function walk(initialDirPath: string, filter?: Filter | null, consumer?: (file: string, stat: Stats, parent: string, extraIgnoredFiles: Set<string>, siblingNames: Array<string>) => any): Promise<Array<string>> {
   const result: Array<string> = []
   const queue: Array<string> = [initialDirPath]
   let addDirToResult = false
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export async function walk(initialDirPath: string, filter?: Filter | null, consu
             return null
           }
 
-          const consumerResult = consumer == null ? null : consumer(filePath, stat, dirPath, extraIgnoredFiles)
+          const consumerResult = consumer == null ? null : consumer(filePath, stat, dirPath, extraIgnoredFiles, childNames)
           if (consumerResult == null || !("then" in consumerResult)) {
             if (stat.isDirectory()) {
               dirs.push(name)
diff --git a/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts b/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts
index 612daff447b..3d2ca38f483 100644
--- a/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ export class AsarPackager {
   async pack(filter: Filter, isElectronCompile: boolean) {
     const metadata = this.metadata
     const nodeModulesSystemDependentSuffix = `${path.sep}node_modules`
-    let files = await walk(this.src, filter, (file, fileStat, parent, extraIgnoredFiles) => {
+    let files = await walk(this.src, filter, (file, fileStat, parent, extraIgnoredFiles, siblingNames) => {
       metadata.set(file, fileStat)
 
       // https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1539
       // but do not filter if we inside node_modules dir
-      if (fileStat.isDirectory() && file.endsWith(nodeModulesSystemDependentSuffix) && !parent.includes("node_modules")) {
+      if (fileStat.isDirectory() && file.endsWith(nodeModulesSystemDependentSuffix) && !parent.includes("node_modules") && siblingNames.includes("package.json")) {
         return dependencies(parent, extraIgnoredFiles)
           .then(it => {
             if (debug.enabled) {