diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index ff64f51da..b44bc4c95 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -91,7 +91,15 @@ _.extend atom,
   resolvePackagePath: (name) ->
     return name if fsUtils.isDirectory(name)
     path = fsUtils.resolve(config.packageDirPaths..., name)
-    path if fsUtils.isDirectory(path)
+    if fsUtils.isDirectory(path)
+      path
+    else
+      packagePath = fsUtils.join(window.resourcePath, 'node_modules', name)
+      packagePath if @isInternalPackage(packagePath)
+
+  isInternalPackage: (packagePath) ->
+    {engines} = Package.loadMetadata(packagePath, true)
+    return packagePath if engines?.atom?
 
   getLoadedPackage: (name) ->
     @loadedPackages[name]
@@ -107,9 +115,14 @@ _.extend atom,
 
   getAvailablePackagePaths: ->
     packagePaths = []
+
     for packageDirPath in config.packageDirPaths
       for packagePath in fsUtils.list(packageDirPath)
         packagePaths.push(packagePath) if fsUtils.isDirectory(packagePath)
+
+    for packagePath in fsUtils.list(fsUtils.join(window.resourcePath, 'node_modules'))
+      packagePaths.push(packagePath) if @isInternalPackage(packagePath)
+
     _.uniq(packagePaths)
 
   getAvailablePackageNames: ->