diff --git a/packages/jsts/src/dependencies/package-json/project-package-json.ts b/packages/jsts/src/dependencies/package-json/project-package-json.ts
index 6fdb77cd0ce..6b0aa7b9464 100644
--- a/packages/jsts/src/dependencies/package-json/project-package-json.ts
+++ b/packages/jsts/src/dependencies/package-json/project-package-json.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class PackageJsons {
     try {
       const patterns = exclusions
         .concat(IGNORED_PATTERNS)
-        .map(exclusion => new Minimatch(exclusion));
+        .map(exclusion => new Minimatch(exclusion, { dot: true }));
       this.walkDirectory(path.posix.normalize(toUnixPath(dir)), patterns);
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Error while searching for package.json files: ${e}`);
diff --git a/packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/fixtures/moduleB/submoduleB/package.json b/packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/fixtures/moduleB/.submoduleB/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/fixtures/moduleB/submoduleB/package.json
rename to packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/fixtures/moduleB/.submoduleB/package.json
diff --git a/packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/index.test.ts b/packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/index.test.ts
index 6d77ec17833..2dc593d756b 100644
--- a/packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jsts/tests/dependencies/index.test.ts
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ describe('initialize package.json files', () => {
     );
 
     const moduleBsubmoduleBPJList = getNearestPackageJsons(
-      path.posix.join(baseDir, 'moduleB', 'submoduleB', 'index.js'),
+      path.posix.join(baseDir, 'moduleB', '.submoduleB', 'index.js'),
     );
     const moduleBsubmoduleBPJ = toUnixPath(
-      path.posix.join(baseDir, 'moduleB', 'submoduleB', 'package.json'),
+      path.posix.join(baseDir, 'moduleB', '.submoduleB', 'package.json'),
     );
 
     expect(basePJList).toHaveLength(1);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe('initialize package.json files', () => {
         __dirname,
         'fixtures',
         'moduleB',
-        'submoduleB',
+        '.submoduleB',
         'subfolder1',
         'subfolder2',
         'subfolder3',
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('initialize package.json files', () => {
       ['package.json'],
       ['moduleB', 'package.json'],
       ['moduleB', 'submoduleA', 'package.json'],
-      ['moduleB', 'submoduleB', 'package.json'],
+      ['moduleB', '.submoduleB', 'package.json'],
     ];
     expect(getAllPackageJsons()).toEqual(
       new Map(