diff --git a/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/NodeModules.cs b/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/NodeModules.cs
index ec36c0644..1f3d064d6 100644
--- a/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/NodeModules.cs
+++ b/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/NodeModules.cs
@@ -22,14 +22,19 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.SPI {
     internal class NodeModules : AbstractNodeModules {
-        private Dictionary<string, ModuleInfo> _allModules;
         private static readonly string[] _ignoredDirectories = { @"\.bin", @"\.staging" };
 
-        public NodeModules(IRootPackage parent, bool showMissingDevOptionalSubPackages, Dictionary<string, ModuleInfo> allModulesToDepth = null, int depth = 0) {
-            var modulesBase = Path.Combine(parent.Path, NodejsConstants.NodeModulesFolder);
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, ModuleInfo> _allModules;
 
+        public NodeModules(IRootPackage parent, bool showMissingDevOptionalSubPackages, Dictionary<string, ModuleInfo> allModulesToDepth = null, int depth = 0, int maxDepth = 1) {
             _allModules = allModulesToDepth ?? new Dictionary<string, ModuleInfo>();
 
+            if (depth >= maxDepth) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var modulesBase = Path.Combine(parent.Path, NodejsConstants.NodeModulesFolder);
+
             // This is the first time NodeModules is being created.
             // Iterate through directories to add everything that's known to be top-level.
             if (depth == 0) {
diff --git a/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/RootPackage.cs b/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/RootPackage.cs
index cd89507b1..7e1aadfa4 100644
--- a/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/RootPackage.cs
+++ b/Nodejs/Product/Npm/SPI/RootPackage.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ public RootPackage(
             string fullPathToRootDirectory,
             bool showMissingDevOptionalSubPackages,
             Dictionary<string, ModuleInfo> allModules = null,
-            int depth = 0) {
+            int depth = 0,
+            int maxDepth = 1) {
             Path = fullPathToRootDirectory;
             var packageJsonFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(fullPathToRootDirectory, "package.json");
             try {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public RootPackage(
             }
 
             try {
-                Modules = new NodeModules(this, showMissingDevOptionalSubPackages, allModules, depth);
+                Modules = new NodeModules(this, showMissingDevOptionalSubPackages, allModules, depth, maxDepth);
             }  catch (PathTooLongException) {
                 // otherwise we fail to create it completely...
             }