diff --git a/lib/util/is-package-bin.js b/lib/util/is-package-bin.js
index 49a3f73f..dd7a8cf9 100644
--- a/lib/util/is-package-bin.js
+++ b/lib/util/is-package-bin.js
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 const binObj = (name, bin) =>
   typeof bin === 'string' ? { [name]: bin } : bin
 
-const hasBin = (pkg, path) => {
+const hasBin = (pkg, path, replace = true) => {
   const bin = binObj(pkg.name, pkg.bin)
-  const p = path.replace(/^[^\\/]*\//, '')
+  const p = replace ? path.replace(/^[^\\/]*\//, '') : path
   for (const kv of Object.entries(bin)) {
     if (kv[1] === p) {
       return true
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ const hasBin = (pkg, path) => {
   return false
 }
 
-module.exports = (pkg, path) =>
-  pkg && pkg.bin ? hasBin(pkg, path) : false
+module.exports = (pkg, path, replace) =>
+  pkg && pkg.bin ? hasBin(pkg, path, replace) : false
diff --git a/lib/util/tar-create-options.js b/lib/util/tar-create-options.js
index d070f0f7..b905de55 100644
--- a/lib/util/tar-create-options.js
+++ b/lib/util/tar-create-options.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const tarCreateOptions = manifest => ({
   // anything that is not a regular file, ignored by
   // .npmignore or package.json "files", etc.
   filter: (path, stat) => {
-    if (isPackageBin(manifest, path)) {
+    if (isPackageBin(manifest, path, false)) {
       stat.mode |= 0o111
     }
     return true
diff --git a/test/util/is-package-bin.js b/test/util/is-package-bin.js
index 77bb9f08..eae6095b 100644
--- a/test/util/is-package-bin.js
+++ b/test/util/is-package-bin.js
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ t.ok(isPackageBin({ bin: { bar: 'foo' } }, 'package/foo'), 'finds in obj')
 t.notOk(isPackageBin(null, 'anything'), 'return false if pkg is not')
 t.notOk(isPackageBin({ bin: 'foo' }, 'package/bar'), 'not the bin string')
 t.notOk(isPackageBin({ bin: { bar: 'foo' } }, 'package/bar'), 'not in obj')
+
+t.test('bin file not recognized without prefix removal', t => {
+  const testPkg = { name: 'my-package', bin: 'bin/index.js' }
+  const testFilePath = 'bin/index.js' // includes 'package/' prefix
+  t.ok(isPackageBin(testPkg, testFilePath, false),
+    'correctly recognizes bin file with prefix removal')
+  t.end()
+})