diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/normalize-options.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/normalize-options.ts
index eedaca1669999..e6554b2a8e648 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/normalize-options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/normalize-options.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ export function normalizeOptions(
   if (!npmScope) {
     // use the name (scope if exists) in the root package.json
     const { name } = readJson(tree, 'package.json');
-    npmScope = name.startsWith('@') ? name.split('/')[0].substring(1) : name;
+
+    if (name) {
+      npmScope = name.startsWith('@') ? name.split('/')[0].substring(1) : name;
+    }
   }
 
   return { ...options, npmScope };