diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index 3eb3d3cb2db909..5c18d943037eef 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ Module._findPath = function(request, paths) {
       }
     }
 
+    if (!filename) {
+      filename = tryPackage(basePath, exts);
+    }
+
     if (!filename) {
       // try it with each of the extensions at "index"
       filename = tryExtensions(path.resolve(basePath, 'index'), exts);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-bin/bin/req.js b/test/fixtures/require-bin/bin/req.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4b2e02c0cc19c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-bin/bin/req.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('../');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-bin/lib/req.js b/test/fixtures/require-bin/lib/req.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9dc5fc1e4a43ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-bin/lib/req.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = '';
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-bin/package.json b/test/fixtures/require-bin/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5ffac0c1e362ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-bin/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "req",
+  "main": "./lib/req.js"
+}
diff --git a/test/simple/test-require-extensions-main.js b/test/simple/test-require-extensions-main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..032f2eb2c983da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple/test-require-extensions-main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+require(common.fixturesDir + '/require-bin/bin/req.js');