diff --git a/src/cli/bin.js b/src/cli/bin.js
index f22530c10e..fc6c009365 100755
--- a/src/cli/bin.js
+++ b/src/cli/bin.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const yargs = require('yargs')
 const updateNotifier = require('update-notifier')
 const readPkgUp = require('read-pkg-up')
 
-const pkg = readPkgUp.sync().pkg
+const pkg = readPkgUp.sync({cwd: __dirname}).pkg
 updateNotifier({
   pkg,
   updateCheckInterval: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 // 1 week
diff --git a/test/cli/test-commands.js b/test/cli/test-commands.js
index ca3492e00a..3e24ad2ffb 100644
--- a/test/cli/test-commands.js
+++ b/test/cli/test-commands.js
@@ -14,4 +14,13 @@ describe('commands', () => {
         done()
       })
   })
+  it('list the commands even if not in the same dir', (done) => {
+    nexpect.spawn('node', [process.cwd() + '/src/cli/bin.js', 'commands'], {cwd: '/tmp'})
+      .run((err, stdout, exitcode) => {
+        expect(err).to.not.exist
+        expect(exitcode).to.equal(0)
+        expect(stdout.length).to.equal(56)
+        done()
+      })
+  })
 })