diff --git a/.changeset/three-fans-worry.md b/.changeset/three-fans-worry.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9500fea14bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/three-fans-worry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"app-builder-lib": patch
+---
+
+fix the main matcher patterns for !node_modules/xxxx
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/util/appFileCopier.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/util/appFileCopier.ts
index 93a4a645693..cd3b8f82247 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/util/appFileCopier.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/util/appFileCopier.ts
@@ -188,32 +188,42 @@ export async function computeNodeModuleFileSets(platformPackager: PlatformPackag
   const result = new Array<ResolvedFileSet>()
   let index = 0
   const NODE_MODULES = "node_modules"
-  const getRealSource = (source: string) => {
-    const parentDir = path.dirname(source)
+  const getRealSource = (name: string, source: string) => {
+    const normalizedName = name.split("/").join(path.sep)
+    if (!source.endsWith(normalizedName)) {
+      throw new Error("Path does not end with the package name")
+    }
+
+    // get the parent dir of the package, input: /root/path/node_modules/@electron/remote, output: /root/path/node_modules
+    const parentDir = source.slice(0, -normalizedName.length - 1)
+
     // for the local node modules which is not in node modules
     if (!parentDir.endsWith(path.sep + NODE_MODULES)) {
       return parentDir
     }
-    // use main matcher patterns, so, user can exclude some files !node_modules/xxxx
+
+    // use main matcher patterns,return parent dir of the node_modules, so user can exclude some files !node_modules/xxxx
     return path.dirname(parentDir)
   }
-  const collectNodeModules = async (dep: NodeModuleInfo, destination: string) => {
+
+  const collectNodeModules = async (dep: NodeModuleInfo, realSource: string, destination: string) => {
     const source = dep.dir
-    const matcher = new FileMatcher(getRealSource(source), destination, mainMatcher.macroExpander, mainMatcher.patterns)
+    const matcher = new FileMatcher(realSource, destination, mainMatcher.macroExpander, mainMatcher.patterns)
     const copier = new NodeModuleCopyHelper(matcher, platformPackager.info)
     const files = await copier.collectNodeModules(dep, nodeModuleExcludedExts)
     result[index++] = validateFileSet({ src: source, destination, files, metadata: copier.metadata })
 
     if (dep.conflictDependency) {
       for (const c of dep.conflictDependency) {
-        await collectNodeModules(c, path.join(destination, NODE_MODULES, c.name))
+        await collectNodeModules(c, realSource, path.join(destination, NODE_MODULES, c.name))
       }
     }
   }
 
   for (const dep of deps) {
     const destination = path.join(mainMatcher.to, NODE_MODULES, dep.name)
-    await collectNodeModules(dep, destination)
+    const realSource = getRealSource(dep.name, dep.dir)
+    await collectNodeModules(dep, realSource, destination)
   }
 
   return result
diff --git a/test/src/globTest.ts b/test/src/globTest.ts
index f7abca6f329..613834277c2 100644
--- a/test/src/globTest.ts
+++ b/test/src/globTest.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ test.ifAll.ifDevOrLinuxCi("ignore node_modules", () => {
           //noinspection SpellCheckingInspection
           data.dependencies = {
             "ci-info": "2.0.0",
+            "@electron/remote": "2.1.2",
           }
         }),
       packed: context => {