diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9e3f4b6..71309ec 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ module.exports = (relativeTsconfigPath = "./tsconfig.json") => {
       build.onResolve({ filter: re }, (args) => {
         const pathKey = pathKeys.find((pkey) => new RegExp(`^${pkey}`).test(args.path));
         const [pathDir] = pathKey.split("*");
-        const file = args.path.replace(pathDir, "");
+        let file = args.path.replace(pathDir, "");
+        if (file === args.path) { // if importing from root of alias
+          file = ""
+        }
         for (const dir of compilerOptions.paths[pathKey]) {
           const fileDir = normalizePath(path.resolve(process.cwd(), dir).replace("*", file));
           let [matchedFile] = glob(`${fileDir}.*`);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a77dbbf..8f41277 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "esbuild-ts-paths",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "description": "Transform TS path alias to absolute paths for esbuild",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:frankleng/esbuild-ts-paths.git",