diff --git a/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/Resolver.js b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/Resolver.js
index d5037782eaa..c9be2d3b68f 100755
--- a/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/Resolver.js
+++ b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/Resolver.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const {isGlob} = require('./utils/glob');
 const fs = require('@parcel/fs');
 const micromatch = require('micromatch');
+const getModuleParts = require('./utils/getModuleParts');
 
 const EMPTY_SHIM = require.resolve('./builtins/_empty');
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ class Resolver {
 
     // If we couldn't resolve the node_modules path, just return the module name info
     if (!resolved) {
-      let parts = this.getModuleParts(filename);
+      let parts = getModuleParts(filename);
       resolved = {
         moduleName: parts[0],
         subPath: parts[1]
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ class Resolver {
       return {filePath: builtins[filename]};
     }
 
-    let parts = this.getModuleParts(filename);
+    let parts = getModuleParts(filename);
     let root = path.parse(dir).root;
 
     while (dir !== root) {
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ class Resolver {
       alias = this.lookupAlias(aliases, filename, dir);
       if (alias == null) {
         // If it didn't match, try only the module name.
-        let parts = this.getModuleParts(filename);
+        let parts = getModuleParts(filename);
         alias = this.lookupAlias(aliases, parts[0], dir);
         if (typeof alias === 'string') {
           // Append the filename back onto the aliased module.
@@ -438,16 +439,6 @@ class Resolver {
     let pkg = await this.findPackage(dir);
     return this.resolveAliases(filename, pkg);
   }
-
-  getModuleParts(name) {
-    let parts = path.normalize(name).split(path.sep);
-    if (parts[0].charAt(0) === '@') {
-      // Scoped module (e.g. @scope/module). Merge the first two parts back together.
-      parts.splice(0, 2, `${parts[0]}/${parts[1]}`);
-    }
-
-    return parts;
-  }
 }
 
 module.exports = Resolver;
diff --git a/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/utils/getModuleParts.js b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/utils/getModuleParts.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..848876c9959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/utils/getModuleParts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
+module.exports = function(name) {
+  let parts = path.normalize(name).split(path.sep);
+  if (parts[0].charAt(0) === '@') {
+    // Scoped module (e.g. @scope/module). Merge the first two parts back together.
+    parts.splice(0, 2, `${parts[0]}/${parts[1]}`);
+  }
+
+  return parts;
+};
diff --git a/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/utils/localRequire.js b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/utils/localRequire.js
index 24f20da9345..42a2fd6c950 100644
--- a/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/utils/localRequire.js
+++ b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/utils/localRequire.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const {dirname} = require('path');
 const {promisify} = require('@parcel/utils');
 const resolve = promisify(require('resolve'));
 const installPackage = require('./installPackage');
+const getModuleParts = require('./getModuleParts');
 
 const cache = new Map();
 
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ async function localResolve(name, path, triedInstall = false) {
       resolved = await resolve(name, {basedir});
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' && !triedInstall) {
-        await installPackage(name, path);
+        const packageName = getModuleParts(name)[0];
+        await installPackage(packageName, path);
         return await localResolve(name, path, true);
       }
       throw e;