diff --git a/src/common.zig b/src/common.zig
index a4b35e7d82dbace9c92ff4ceb27467299ff6bedb..9e6709283949d9803c0b8c131be0772313c8f83c 100644
--- a/src/common.zig
+++ b/src/common.zig
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ pub fn get_module_from_dep(d: *zigmod.Dep, cachepath: string, options: *CollectO
             var dd = try collect_deps(cachepath, moddir, 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 or d.keep) {
-                        var mod_from = try zigmod.Module.from(options.alloc, d.*, cachepath, options);
+                        var mod_from = try zigmod.Module.from(options.alloc, d.*, modpath, options);
                         if (d.type != .local) mod_from.clean_path = u.trim_prefix(modpath, cachepath)[1..];
                         if (mod_from.is_for_this()) return mod_from;
                         return null;