diff --git a/src/common.zig b/src/common.zig
index 247b7acc7e920d7b882b6e368f27640937a173a5..1fb285b516043ef2adafdc9ed5dba3f1276a6751 100644
--- a/src/common.zig
+++ b/src/common.zig
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ fn get_moddir(basedir: []const u8, d: u.Dep, parent_name: []const u8, options: C
     }
 }
 
-fn get_module_from_dep(list: *std.ArrayList(u.Module), d: u.Dep, dir: []const u8, parent_name: []const u8, options: CollectOptions) !void {
+pub fn get_module_from_dep(list: *std.ArrayList(u.Module), d: u.Dep, dir: []const u8, parent_name: []const u8, options: CollectOptions) anyerror!void {
     const moddir = try get_moddir(dir, d, parent_name, options);
     switch (d.type) {
         .system_lib => {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ fn get_module_from_dep(list: *std.ArrayList(u.Module), d: u.Dep, dir: []const u8
             var dd = try collect_deps(dir, try u.concat(&.{ moddir, "/zig.mod" }), options) catch |e| switch (e) {
                 error.FileNotFound => {
                     if (d.main.len > 0 or d.c_include_dirs.len > 0 or d.c_source_files.len > 0) {
-                        var mod_from = try u.Module.from(d);
+                        var mod_from = try u.Module.from(d, dir, options);
                         if (d.type != .local) mod_from.clean_path = u.trim_prefix(moddir, dir)[1..];
                         if (mod_from.is_for_this()) try list.append(mod_from);
                     }
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ fn add_files_package(pkg_name: []const u8, dirs: []const []const u8, list: *std.
         .only_os = &.{},
         .except_os = &.{},
         .yaml = null,
+        .deps = &.{},
     };
     try get_module_from_dep(list, d, destination, parent_name, .{
         .log = false,
diff --git a/src/util/dep.zig b/src/util/dep.zig
index 00209771c16c1dfb0af3001b872dabbbcc10e719..ba2259bb4a24e69fe0a1212a5d56baa9665b65d1 100644
--- a/src/util/dep.zig
+++ b/src/util/dep.zig
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub const Dep = struct {
     only_os: []const []const u8,
     except_os: []const []const u8,
     yaml: ?yaml.Mapping,
+    deps: []const u.Dep,
 
     pub fn clean_path(self: Dep) ![]const u8 {
         if (self.type == .local) {
diff --git a/src/util/modfile.zig b/src/util/modfile.zig
index a078dc7895e41d7fd518f0d3ca81025cb4e13628..2c16a14f808fe1ad475674ede9a17345fca3a78b 100644
--- a/src/util/modfile.zig
+++ b/src/util/modfile.zig
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
             u.assert(false, "name may not contain any '/'", .{});
         }
 
-
         return Self{
             .alloc = alloc,
             .id = if (id.len == 0) try u.random_string(48) else id,
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    fn dep_list_by_name(alloc: *std.mem.Allocator, mapping: yaml.Mapping, prop: []const u8) ![]const u.Dep {
+    fn dep_list_by_name(alloc: *std.mem.Allocator, mapping: yaml.Mapping, prop: []const u8) anyerror![]const u.Dep {
         const dep_list = &std.ArrayList(u.Dep).init(alloc);
         if (mapping.get(prop)) |dep_seq| {
             if (dep_seq == .sequence) {
@@ -115,6 +114,7 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
                         .only_os = try u.list_remove(try u.split(item.mapping.get_string("only_os"), ","), ""),
                         .except_os = try u.list_remove(try u.split(item.mapping.get_string("except_os"), ","), ""),
                         .yaml = item.mapping,
+                        .deps = try dep_list_by_name(alloc, item.mapping, "dependencies"),
                     });
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/util/module.zig b/src/util/module.zig
index 3e1fa46b098de4aeb1ab2018c4ba6c7ca74f02e8..aeade0e7348168f662cffdec64534f722b9070f4 100644
--- a/src/util/module.zig
+++ b/src/util/module.zig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const builtin = std.builtin;
 
 const u = @import("index.zig");
 const yaml = @import("./yaml.zig");
+const common = @import("./../common.zig");
 
 //
 //
@@ -23,7 +24,12 @@ pub const Module = struct {
     deps: []Module,
     clean_path: []const u8,
 
-    pub fn from(dep: u.Dep) !Module {
+    pub fn from(dep: u.Dep, dir: []const u8, options: common.CollectOptions) !Module {
+        const moddeps = &std.ArrayList(Module).init(gpa);
+        defer moddeps.deinit();
+        for (dep.deps) |d| {
+            try common.get_module_from_dep(moddeps, d, dir, dep.name, options);
+        }
         return Module{
             .is_sys_lib = false,
             .id = if (dep.id.len > 0) dep.id else try u.random_string(48),
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ pub const Module = struct {
             .c_include_dirs = dep.c_include_dirs,
             .c_source_flags = dep.c_source_flags,
             .c_source_files = dep.c_source_files,
-            .deps = &.{},
+            .deps = moddeps.toOwnedSlice(),
             .clean_path = try dep.clean_path(),
             .only_os = dep.only_os,
             .except_os = dep.except_os,