diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index e2473a3..427742b 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	Package getPackage(Path path)
+	{
+		foreach (p; getPackageIterator())
+			if (!p.basePackage && p.path == path)
+				return p;
+		auto p = new Package(path);
+		m_temporaryPackages ~= p;
+		return p;
+	}
+
 	Package getBestPackage(string name, string version_spec)
 	{
 		return getBestPackage(name, new Dependency(version_spec));
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 76abe55..aa1b7db 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 			return;
 		}
 
-		m_main = new Package(m_root);
+		m_main = m_packageManager.getPackage(m_root);
 		m_main.warnOnSpecialCompilerFlags();
 		if (m_main.name != m_main.name.toLower()) {
 			logWarn(`DUB package names should always be lower case, please change to {"name": "%s"}. You can use {"targetName": "%s"} to keep the current executable name.`,