diff --git a/src/module-cache.coffee b/src/module-cache.coffee
index d6e981a5b..378cf900c 100644
--- a/src/module-cache.coffee
+++ b/src/module-cache.coffee
@@ -73,22 +73,6 @@ loadFolderCompatibility = (modulePath, rootPath, rootMetadata, moduleCache) ->
 
   undefined
 
-exports.create = (modulePath) ->
-  metadataPath = path.join(modulePath, 'package.json')
-  metadata = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(metadataPath))
-
-  moduleCache =
-    version: 1
-    dependencies: []
-    folders: []
-
-  loadDependencies(modulePath, modulePath, metadata, moduleCache)
-  loadFolderCompatibility(modulePath, modulePath, metadata, moduleCache)
-
-  metadata._atomModuleCache = moduleCache
-  fs.writeFileSync(metadataPath, JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2))
-  undefined
-
 satisfies = (version, rawRange) ->
   unless parsedRange = cache.ranges[rawRange]
     parsedRange = new semver.Range(rawRange)
@@ -136,6 +120,22 @@ if debug
     global.requireTime += Date.now() - startTime
     exports
 
+exports.create = (modulePath) ->
+  metadataPath = path.join(modulePath, 'package.json')
+  metadata = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(metadataPath))
+
+  moduleCache =
+    version: 1
+    dependencies: []
+    folders: []
+
+  loadDependencies(modulePath, modulePath, metadata, moduleCache)
+  loadFolderCompatibility(modulePath, modulePath, metadata, moduleCache)
+
+  metadata._atomModuleCache = moduleCache
+  fs.writeFileSync(metadataPath, JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2))
+  undefined
+
 registered = false
 exports.register = ->
   return if registered
diff --git a/src/package.coffee b/src/package.coffee
index 91ea89175..1ec35b601 100644
--- a/src/package.coffee
+++ b/src/package.coffee
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Q = require 'q'
 {deprecate} = require 'grim'
 
 $ = null # Defer require in case this is in the window-less browser process
+ModuleCache = require './module-cache'
 ScopedProperties = require './scoped-properties'
 
 # Loads and activates a package's main module and resources such as
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class Package
     @emitter = new Emitter
     @metadata ?= Package.loadMetadata(@path)
     @name = @metadata?.name ? path.basename(@path)
+    ModuleCache.add(@path, @metadata)
     @reset()
 
   ###