diff --git a/test/_helpers/index.js b/test/_helpers/index.js
index 1706dfe..092b027 100644
--- a/test/_helpers/index.js
+++ b/test/_helpers/index.js
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ const mockedDirsForSearchPaths = {
     '/tmp/searchPath1': {
       'sp1dir1': {
         'foo': {},
-        'bar': {}
+        'bar': {},
+        'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+          name: 'sp1dir1pkg',
+          version: '1.0.0'
+        })
       },
       'sp1dir2': {},
       'sp1dir3': {}
diff --git a/test/utils/utilsTest.js b/test/utils/utilsTest.js
index d6bf017..47ee470 100644
--- a/test/utils/utilsTest.js
+++ b/test/utils/utilsTest.js
@@ -52,3 +52,26 @@ describe('populatePkgStoreFromPaths()', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+
+describe('getPkgInfo()', () => {
+  describe('getPkgInfo()', function () {
+    before(function () {
+      mockfs(tHelpers.mockedDirsForSearchPaths.structure);
+      const pkgPaths = utils.getInstalledPkgPaths(tHelpers.mockedDirsForSearchPaths.roots);
+      this.store = utils.populatePkgStoreFromPaths(pkgPaths);
+    });
+
+    it('returns data from package.json', function () {
+      const pkg = utils.getPkgInfo('sp1dir1', this.store);
+      chai.equal(pkg.hasError, false);
+      chai.equal(pkg.pkg.version, '1.0.0');
+      chai.equal(pkg.pkg.name, 'sp1dir1pkg');
+      chai.equal(pkg.pkg.path, '/tmp/searchPath1/sp1dir1');
+    });
+
+    after(function () {
+      mockfs.restore();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/utils/utils.js b/utils/utils.js
index cf3e5d6..1faca21 100644
--- a/utils/utils.js
+++ b/utils/utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
+var readFileSync                  = require('fs').readFileSync;
 var existsSync                    = require('fs').existsSync;
 var globby                        = require('globby');
 var path                          = require('path');
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ function findExternalSubgens(prefixes, host, installed) {
  * @returns {*}
  */
 function loadPkgJsonFromPkgPath(dir) {
-  return require(path.join(dir, 'package.json'));
+  return JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
 }