diff --git a/read-installed.js b/read-installed.js
index 19e77be..500ca8f 100644
--- a/read-installed.js
+++ b/read-installed.js
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function readInstalled_ (folder, parent, name, reqver, depth, opts, cb) {
       }
 
       readInstalled_( path.resolve(folder, "node_modules/"+pkg)
-                    , obj, pkg, obj.dependencies[pkg], depth + 1, opts
+                    , obj, pkg, rv, depth + 1, opts
                     , cb )
 
     }, function (er, installedData) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/invalid-dev/node_modules/d/package.json b/test/fixtures/invalid-dev/node_modules/d/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6a67b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/invalid-dev/node_modules/d/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "d",
+  "version": "1.0.1"
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/invalid-dev/package.json b/test/fixtures/invalid-dev/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b7912c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/invalid-dev/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "name": "invalid-dev",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "d": "1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/invalid-dev.js b/test/invalid-dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c1de0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/invalid-dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var readInstalled = require("../read-installed.js")
+var test = require("tap").test
+var path = require("path")
+
+test("invalid dev", function(t) {
+  readInstalled(
+    path.join(__dirname, "fixtures/invalid-dev"),
+    {
+      log: console.error,
+      dev: true
+    },
+    function (err, map) {
+      t.ifError(err, "read-installed made it")
+      t.ok(map.dependencies.d.invalid, "d is invalid, it doesn't match the requested version")
+      t.end()
+    })
+})