diff --git a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
index a4b46b448..f74bb1da0 100644
--- a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   (set-repl-handler! 'js2-mode #'+javascript/open-repl)
 
   (after! projectile
+    (add-to-list 'projectile-project-root-files "packages.json")
     (add-to-list 'projectile-globally-ignored-directories "node_modules"))
 
   (map! :map js2-mode-map