diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6cccf7e..2b3db2c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ function forEachHook(pkgdir, callback) {
 
   var projectDir = findProjectDir(pkgdir);
   if (!projectDir) {
-    return;
+    // in case of plugins like file:../../plugin it would fail because
+    // pkgdir is the plugin actual dir which is not "inside" the app project folder.
+    if (_isNativeScriptAppRoot(process.cwd())) {
+      projectDir = process.cwd();
+    } else {
+      return;
+    }
   }
   var hooksDir = path.join(projectDir, 'hooks');