diff --git a/dummy.js/index.js b/dummy.js/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/dummy.js/package.json b/dummy.js/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2baf0fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dummy.js/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "name": "dummy.js",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "private": true
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 92e412a1..9ce16245 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -49,10 +49,15 @@ function resolveFile(source, file, config) {
   }
 
   // note that even if we match via tsconfig-paths, we still need to do a final resolve
-  const foundNodePath = resolve.sync(foundTsPath || source, {
-    extensions,
-    basedir: path.dirname(path.resolve(file)),
-  })
+  let foundNodePath;
+  try {
+    foundNodePath = resolve.sync(foundTsPath || source, {
+      extensions,
+      basedir: path.dirname(path.resolve(file)),
+    })
+  } catch (err) {
+    foundNodePath = null;
+  }
 
   if (foundNodePath) {
     log('matched node path:', foundNodePath)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3cda1c99..51a935f5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@
         "esutils": "^2.0.2"
       }
     },
+    "dummy.js": {
+      "version": "file:dummy.js",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "error-ex": {
       "version": "1.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/error-ex/-/error-ex-1.3.2.tgz",
diff --git a/tests/.eslintrc.js b/tests/.eslintrc.js
index c8b722c4..e393da70 100644
--- a/tests/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/tests/.eslintrc.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
     ],
     rules: {
         'import/no-unresolved': 'error',
+        'import/extensions': 'error',
     },
     settings: {
         'import/resolver': {
diff --git a/tests/index.ts b/tests/index.ts
index b7ae0801..8d011e92 100644
--- a/tests/index.ts
+++ b/tests/index.ts
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ import 'folder/subfolder/tsxImportee'
 
 // import from node_module
 import 'typescript'
+import 'dummy.js'