diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/apis.js b/lib/workers/repository/apis.js
index eab7b0b0a71b332606f4605a10cdca8a6ad1e0e6..581705d77834753bd46ae7753388c7d211a288b4 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/apis.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/apis.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ async function checkForLerna(config) {
   }
   config.logger.debug({ lernaJson }, 'Found lerna config');
   try {
-    const lernaPackages = await config.api.getSubDirectories('packages');
+    const packagesPath = lernaJson.packages[0].slice(0, -2);
+    const lernaPackages = await config.api.getSubDirectories(packagesPath);
     if (lernaPackages.length === 0) {
       return {};
     }
diff --git a/test/workers/repository/apis.spec.js b/test/workers/repository/apis.spec.js
index 4b10a9c00f8bec22c281b8eff32bbf2774a15b21..932562b4d73fd42b650ee496bea20905e17854d3 100644
--- a/test/workers/repository/apis.spec.js
+++ b/test/workers/repository/apis.spec.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('workers/repository/apis', () => {
     it('ignores zero length lerna', async () => {
       const config = {
         api: {
-          getFileJson: jest.fn(() => ({})),
+          getFileJson: jest.fn(() => ({ packages: ['packages/*'] })),
           getSubDirectories: jest.fn(() => []),
         },
         logger,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('workers/repository/apis', () => {
     it('returns lerna package names', async () => {
       const config = {
         api: {
-          getFileJson: jest.fn(() => ({})),
+          getFileJson: jest.fn(() => ({ packages: ['packages/*'] })),
           getSubDirectories: jest.fn(() => ['a', 'b']),
         },
         logger,