diff --git a/share/functions/fish_npm_helper.fish b/share/functions/fish_npm_helper.fish
index 3ba7872b9..810154c01 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_npm_helper.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_npm_helper.fish
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function __yarn_filtered_list_packages
 end
 
 function __yarn_find_package_json
-    set parents (__fish_parent_directories (pwd))
+    set parents (__fish_parent_directories (pwd -P))
 
     for p in $parents
         if test -f "$p/package.json"