diff --git a/e2e/commands/link.e2e.1.ts b/e2e/commands/link.e2e.1.ts
index 1d3b5fa6f2d..ee19f3254bc 100644
--- a/e2e/commands/link.e2e.1.ts
+++ b/e2e/commands/link.e2e.1.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('bit link', function() {
           ).to.be.a.directory();
         });
       });
-      describe('when scopeDefault is overridden for this component', () => {
+      describe('when defaultScope is overridden for this component', () => {
         let linkOutput;
         before(() => {
           helper.scopeHelper.getClonedLocalScope(beforeLink);
diff --git a/e2e/functionalities/default-scope.e2e.2.ts b/e2e/functionalities/default-scope.e2e.2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e91e6170a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/functionalities/default-scope.e2e.2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import chai, { expect } from 'chai';
+import Helper from '../../src/e2e-helper/e2e-helper';
+
+chai.use(require('chai-fs'));
+
+describe('default scope functionality', function() {
+  this.timeout(0);
+  const helper = new Helper();
+  after(() => {
+    helper.scopeHelper.destroy();
+  });
+  describe('basic flow', () => {
+    helper.scopeHelper.setNewLocalAndRemoteScopes();
+    helper.fixtures.populateWorkspaceWithThreeComponentsAndModulePath();
+    helper.bitJson.addDefaultScope();
+    helper.command.runCmd('bit link');
+  });
+  it('bit status should not break', () => {
+    const status = helper.command.statusJson();
+    expect(status.newComponents).have.lengthOf(3);
+    expect(status.invalidComponents).have.lengthOf(0);
+  });
+  describe('tagging the components', () => {
+    let tagOutput;
+    before(() => {
+      tagOutput = helper.command.tagAllComponents();
+    });
+    it('should be able to to tag them successfully', () => {
+      expect(tagOutput).to.have.string('tagged');
+    });
+    it('bit status should not show any issue', () => {
+      const status = helper.command.statusJson();
+      expect(status.stagedComponents).have.lengthOf(3);
+      expect(status.newComponents).have.lengthOf(0);
+      expect(status.modifiedComponent).have.lengthOf(0);
+      expect(status.invalidComponents).have.lengthOf(0);
+    });
+    describe('exporting the components', () => {
+      before(() => {
+        helper.command.exportAllComponents();
+      });
+      it('should be able to export them all successfully', () => {
+        const status = helper.command.statusJson();
+        expect(status.stagedComponents).have.lengthOf(0);
+        expect(status.newComponents).have.lengthOf(0);
+        expect(status.modifiedComponent).have.lengthOf(0);
+        expect(status.invalidComponents).have.lengthOf(0);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/consumer/consumer.ts b/src/consumer/consumer.ts
index 7e7fd688304..488720e9e67 100644
--- a/src/consumer/consumer.ts
+++ b/src/consumer/consumer.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import ComponentsPendingImport from './component-ops/exceptions/components-pendi
 import { AutoTagResult } from '../scope/component-ops/auto-tag';
 import ShowDoctorError from '../error/show-doctor-error';
 import { EnvType } from '../extensions/env-extension-types';
+import { packageNameToComponentId } from '../utils/bit/package-name-to-component-id';
 
 type ConsumerProps = {
   projectPath: string;
@@ -699,34 +700,19 @@ export default class Consumer {
 
   getComponentIdFromNodeModulesPath(requirePath: string, bindingPrefix: string): BitId {
     requirePath = pathNormalizeToLinux(requirePath);
-    // Temp fix to support old components before the migration has been running
-    bindingPrefix = bindingPrefix === 'bit' ? '@bit' : bindingPrefix;
-    const prefix = requirePath.includes('node_modules') ? `node_modules/${bindingPrefix}/` : `${bindingPrefix}/`;
-    const withoutPrefix = requirePath.substr(requirePath.indexOf(prefix) + prefix.length);
-    const componentName = withoutPrefix.includes('/')
-      ? withoutPrefix.substr(0, withoutPrefix.indexOf('/')) // the part after the first slash is the path inside the package
-      : withoutPrefix;
-    const pathSplit = componentName.split(NODE_PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR);
-    if (pathSplit.length < 2) throw new GeneralError(`component has an invalid require statement: ${requirePath}`);
-    // since the dynamic namespaces feature introduced, the require statement doesn't have a fixed
-    // number of separators.
-    // also, a scope name may or may not include a dot. depends whether it's on bitHub or self hosted.
-    // we must check against BitMap to get the correct scope and name of the id.
-    if (pathSplit.length === 2) {
-      return new BitId({ scope: pathSplit[0], name: pathSplit[1] });
+    const prefix = requirePath.includes('node_modules') ? 'node_modules/' : '';
+    const withoutPrefix = prefix ? requirePath.substr(requirePath.indexOf(prefix) + prefix.length) : requirePath;
+
+    if (!withoutPrefix.includes('/')) {
+      throw new GeneralError(
+        'getComponentIdFromNodeModulesPath expects the path to have at least one slash for the scoped package, such as @bit/'
+      );
     }
-    const mightBeScope = R.head(pathSplit);
-    const mightBeName = R.tail(pathSplit).join('/');
-    const mightBeId = new BitId({ scope: mightBeScope, name: mightBeName });
-    const allBitIds = this.bitMap.getAllBitIds();
-    if (allBitIds.searchWithoutVersion(mightBeId)) return mightBeId;
-    // only bit hub has the concept of having the username in the scope name.
-    if (bindingPrefix !== 'bit' && bindingPrefix !== '@bit') return mightBeId;
-    // pathSplit has 3 or more items. the first two are the scope, the rest is the name.
-    // for example "user.scopeName.utils.is-string" => scope: user.scopeName, name: utils/is-string
-    const scope = pathSplit.splice(0, 2).join('.');
-    const name = pathSplit.join('/');
-    return new BitId({ scope, name });
+    const packageSplitBySlash = withoutPrefix.split('/');
+    // the part after the second slash is the path inside the package, just ignore it.
+    // (e.g. @bit/my-scope.my-name/internal-path.js).
+    const packageName = `${packageSplitBySlash[0]}/${packageSplitBySlash[1]}`;
+    return packageNameToComponentId(this, packageName, bindingPrefix);
   }
 
   composeRelativeComponentPath(bitId: BitId): string {
diff --git a/src/e2e-helper/e2e-bit-json-helper.ts b/src/e2e-helper/e2e-bit-json-helper.ts
index f554c759602..2957e018fc9 100644
--- a/src/e2e-helper/e2e-bit-json-helper.ts
+++ b/src/e2e-helper/e2e-bit-json-helper.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ export default class BitJsonHelper {
     bitJson.overrides = overrides;
     this.write(bitJson);
   }
+  addDefaultScope(scope = this.scopes.remote) {
+    this.addKeyVal(undefined, 'defaultScope', scope);
+  }
   getEnvByType(bitJson: Record<string, any>, envType: 'compiler' | 'tester') {
     const basePath = ['env', envType];
     const env = R.path(basePath, bitJson);
diff --git a/src/e2e-helper/e2e-fixtures-helper.ts b/src/e2e-helper/e2e-fixtures-helper.ts
index b3355868409..403acc6e6d9 100644
--- a/src/e2e-helper/e2e-fixtures-helper.ts
+++ b/src/e2e-helper/e2e-fixtures-helper.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ export default class FixtureHelper {
     this.addComponentBarFoo();
   }
 
+  populateWorkspaceWithThreeComponentsAndModulePath() {
+    this.fs.createFile('utils', 'is-type.js', fixtures.isType);
+    this.addComponentUtilsIsType();
+    this.fs.createFile('utils', 'is-string.js', fixtures.isStringModulePath(this.scopes.remote));
+    this.addComponentUtilsIsString();
+    this.createComponentBarFoo(fixtures.barFooModulePath(this.scopes.remote));
+    this.addComponentBarFoo();
+  }
+
   /**
    * @deprecated use populateWorkspaceWithThreeComponents()
    */
diff --git a/src/utils/bit/package-name-to-component-id.spec.ts b/src/utils/bit/package-name-to-component-id.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..934e2c2d7c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/bit/package-name-to-component-id.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { packageNameToComponentId } from './package-name-to-component-id';
+import { Consumer } from '../../consumer';
+import { BitIds, BitId } from '../../bit-id';
+
+describe('packageNameToComponentId', function() {
+  this.timeout(0);
+  let consumer: Consumer;
+  before(() => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    consumer = new Consumer({ projectPath: '', config: {} });
+  });
+  it('should parse the path correctly when a component is not in bitMap and has one dot', () => {
+    const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/remote.comp', '@bit');
+    expect(result.scope).to.equal('remote');
+    expect(result.name).to.equal('comp');
+  });
+  it('should parse the path correctly when a component is not in bitMap and has two dots', () => {
+    const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/remote.comp.comp2', '@bit');
+    expect(result.scope).to.equal('remote.comp');
+    expect(result.name).to.equal('comp2');
+  });
+  it('should parse the path correctly when a component is not in bitMap and has three dots', () => {
+    const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/remote.comp.comp2.comp3', '@bit');
+    expect(result.scope).to.equal('remote.comp');
+    expect(result.name).to.equal('comp2/comp3');
+  });
+  describe('with defaultScope', () => {
+    describe('when the defaultScope has dot', () => {
+      it('should return bitId without scope when the component is in .bitmap without scope', () => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        consumer.bitMap = { getAllBitIds: () => new BitIds(new BitId({ name: 'bar/foo' })) };
+        consumer.config.defaultScope = 'bit.utils';
+        const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/bit.utils.bar.foo', '@bit');
+        expect(result.scope).to.be.null;
+        expect(result.name).to.equal('bar/foo');
+      });
+      it('should return bitId with scope when the component is in .bitmap with scope', () => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        consumer.bitMap = { getAllBitIds: () => new BitIds(new BitId({ scope: 'bit.utils', name: 'bar/foo' })) };
+        consumer.config.defaultScope = 'bit.utils';
+        const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/bit.utils.bar.foo', '@bit');
+        expect(result.scope).to.equal('bit.utils');
+        expect(result.name).to.equal('bar/foo');
+      });
+      it('should return bitId with scope when the component is not .bitmap at all', () => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        consumer.bitMap = { getAllBitIds: () => new BitIds() };
+        consumer.config.defaultScope = 'bit.utils';
+        const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/bit.utils.bar.foo', '@bit');
+        expect(result.scope).to.equal('bit.utils');
+        expect(result.name).to.equal('bar/foo');
+      });
+    });
+    describe('when the defaultScope does not have dot', () => {
+      before(() => {
+        consumer.config.defaultScope = 'utils';
+      });
+      it('should return bitId without scope when the component is in .bitmap without scope', () => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        consumer.bitMap = { getAllBitIds: () => new BitIds(new BitId({ name: 'bar/foo' })) };
+        const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/utils.bar.foo', '@bit');
+        expect(result.scope).to.be.null;
+        expect(result.name).to.equal('bar/foo');
+      });
+      it('should return bitId with scope when the component is in .bitmap with scope', () => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        consumer.bitMap = { getAllBitIds: () => new BitIds(new BitId({ scope: 'utils', name: 'bar/foo' })) };
+        const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/utils.bar.foo', '@bit');
+        expect(result.scope).to.equal('utils');
+        expect(result.name).to.equal('bar/foo');
+      });
+      it('should return bitId with scope when the component is not .bitmap at all', () => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        consumer.bitMap = { getAllBitIds: () => new BitIds() };
+        const result = packageNameToComponentId(consumer, '@bit/utils.bar.foo', '@bit');
+        // looks weird, but the default is a dot in the scope.
+        expect(result.scope).to.equal('utils.bar');
+        expect(result.name).to.equal('foo');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/bit/package-name-to-component-id.ts b/src/utils/bit/package-name-to-component-id.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d01378cd74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/bit/package-name-to-component-id.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import R from 'ramda';
+import { Consumer } from '../../consumer';
+import { BitId } from '../../bit-id';
+import { NODE_PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR } from '../../constants';
+import GeneralError from '../../error/general-error';
+
+/**
+ * convert a component package-name to BitId.
+ * e.g. `@bit/bit.utils/is-string` => { scope: bit.utils, name: is-string }
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/prefer-default-export
+export function packageNameToComponentId(consumer: Consumer, packageName: string, bindingPrefix: string): BitId {
+  // Temp fix to support old components before the migration has been running
+  const prefix = bindingPrefix === 'bit' ? '@bit/' : `${bindingPrefix}/`;
+  const componentName = packageName.substr(packageName.indexOf(prefix) + prefix.length);
+
+  const nameSplit = componentName.split(NODE_PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR);
+  if (nameSplit.length < 2)
+    throw new GeneralError(
+      `package-name is an invalid BitId: ${componentName}, it is missing the scope-name, please set your workspace with a defaultScope`
+    );
+  // since the dynamic namespaces feature introduced, the require statement doesn't have a fixed
+  // number of separators.
+  // also, a scope name may or may not include a dot. depends whether it's on bitHub or self hosted.
+  // we must check against BitMap to get the correct scope and name of the id.
+  if (nameSplit.length === 2) {
+    return new BitId({ scope: nameSplit[0], name: nameSplit[1] });
+  }
+  const defaultScope = consumer.config.defaultScope;
+  const allBitIds = consumer.bitMap.getAllBitIds();
+
+  if (defaultScope && componentName.startsWith(`${defaultScope}.`)) {
+    const idWithDefaultScope = byDefaultScope(defaultScope, nameSplit);
+    const bitmapHasExact = allBitIds.hasWithoutVersion(idWithDefaultScope);
+    if (bitmapHasExact) return idWithDefaultScope;
+    const idWithoutScope = allBitIds.searchWithoutScopeAndVersion(idWithDefaultScope.changeScope(null));
+    if (idWithoutScope) return idWithoutScope;
+    // otherwise, the component is not in .bitmap, continue with other strategies.
+  }
+  const mightBeId = createBitIdAssumeScopeDoesNotHaveDot(nameSplit);
+  if (allBitIds.searchWithoutVersion(mightBeId)) return mightBeId;
+  // only bit hub has the concept of having the username in the scope name.
+  if (bindingPrefix !== 'bit' && bindingPrefix !== '@bit') return mightBeId;
+  // pathSplit has 3 or more items. the first two are the scope, the rest is the name.
+  // for example "user.scopeName.utils.is-string" => scope: user.scopeName, name: utils/is-string
+  return createBitIdAssumeScopeHasDot(nameSplit);
+}
+
+// scopes on bit.dev always have dot in the name
+function createBitIdAssumeScopeHasDot(nameSplit: string[]): BitId {
+  const nameSplitClone = [...nameSplit];
+  const scope = nameSplitClone.splice(0, 2).join('.');
+  const name = nameSplitClone.join('/');
+  return new BitId({ scope, name });
+}
+
+// local scopes (self-hosted) can not have any dot in the name
+function createBitIdAssumeScopeDoesNotHaveDot(nameSplit: string[]): BitId {
+  const scope = R.head(nameSplit);
+  const name = R.tail(nameSplit).join('/');
+  return new BitId({ scope, name });
+}
+
+function byDefaultScope(defaultScope: string, nameSplit: string[]): BitId {
+  return defaultScope.includes('.')
+    ? createBitIdAssumeScopeHasDot(nameSplit)
+    : createBitIdAssumeScopeDoesNotHaveDot(nameSplit);
+}