diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0d52cfb..59b2725 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const { createFilter } = require('rollup-pluginutils');
 const { encode, decode } = require('sourcemap-codec');
 
 const major_version = +version[0];
+const pkg_export_errors = new Set();
 
 const { compile, preprocess } = major_version >= 3
 	? require('svelte/compiler.js')
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ function tryResolve(pkg, importer) {
 		return relative.resolve(pkg, importer);
 	} catch (err) {
 		if (err.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') return null;
+		if (err.code === 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED') {
+			pkg_export_errors.add(pkg.replace(/\/package.json$/, ''));
+			return null;
+		}
 		throw err;
 	}
 }
@@ -334,7 +339,13 @@ module.exports = function svelte(options = {}) {
 				}, this.warn);
 
 				css(writer);
+
+				
 			}
+			if (pkg_export_errors.size < 1) return;
+
+			console.warn('\nrollup-plugin-svelte: The following packages did not export their `package.json` file so we could not check the `svelte` field. If you had difficulties importing svelte components from a package, then please contact the author and ask them to export the package.json file.\n');
+			console.warn(Array.from(pkg_export_errors).map(s => `- ${s}`).join('\n') + '\n');
 		}
 	};
 };
diff --git a/test/node_modules/esm-component/index.js b/test/node_modules/esm-component/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/node_modules/esm-component/package.json b/test/node_modules/esm-component/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19800a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node_modules/esm-component/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"main": "./index.js",
+	"svelte": "src/Component.svelte",
+	"exports": {
+		".": "./index.js",
+		"./package.json": "./package.json"
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/node_modules/esm-component/src/Component.svelte b/test/node_modules/esm-component/src/Component.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ca9f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node_modules/esm-component/src/Component.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Hello, I am a component</h1>
diff --git a/test/node_modules/esm-no-pkg-export/index.js b/test/node_modules/esm-no-pkg-export/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/node_modules/esm-no-pkg-export/package.json b/test/node_modules/esm-no-pkg-export/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47b28e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node_modules/esm-no-pkg-export/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"main": "./index.js",
+	"exports": {
+		".": "./index.js"
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index c48e0e0..ee62c55 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ describe('rollup-plugin-svelte', () => {
 		);
 	});
 
+	it('ignores esm modules that do not export package.json', () => {
+		const { resolveId } = plugin();
+		assert.equal(
+			resolveId('esm-no-pkg-export', path.resolve('test/foo/main.js')),
+			null
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('resolves esm module that exports package.json', () => {
+		const { resolveId } = plugin();
+		assert.equal(
+			resolveId('esm-component', path.resolve('test/foo/main.js')),
+			path.resolve('test/node_modules/esm-component/src/Component.svelte')
+		);
+	});
+
 	it('ignores virtual modules', () => {
 		const { resolveId } = plugin();
 		assert.equal(