diff --git a/src/node_modules.cc b/src/node_modules.cc
index 9217b94852e33b..9dca1857f96e43 100644
--- a/src/node_modules.cc
+++ b/src/node_modules.cc
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ void BindingData::GetPackageScopeConfig(
     return;
   }
 
-  std::string_view node_modules_package_path = "node_modules/package.json";
+  std::string_view node_modules_package_path = "/node_modules/package.json";
   auto error_context = ErrorContext();
   error_context.is_esm = true;
 
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-resolve-type.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-resolve-type.mjs
index 0f442ed569f848..d2642eda39062b 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-resolve-type.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-resolve-type.mjs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ try {
    * with the defaultResolver
    */
   [
+    [ '/es-modules/package-ends-node_modules/index.js', 'module' ],
     [ '/es-modules/package-type-module/index.js', 'module' ],
     [ '/es-modules/package-type-commonjs/index.js', 'commonjs' ],
     [ '/es-modules/package-without-type/index.js', 'commonjs' ],
diff --git a/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-ends-node_modules/index.js b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-ends-node_modules/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ffd1919bb45d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-ends-node_modules/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import os from 'os';
+
+console.log(os.platform());
diff --git a/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-ends-node_modules/package.json b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-ends-node_modules/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3dbc1ca591c055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-ends-node_modules/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "type": "module"
+}