diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt
index d719b450e61..812957c1d70 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt
@@ -799,4 +799,28 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlin2JsGradlePluginIT(private val irBackend: Boolean) :
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDirectoryDependencyNotFailProjectResolution() {
+        with(Project("kotlin-js-nodejs-project")) {
+            setupWorkingDir()
+            gradleBuildScript().modify(::transformBuildScriptWithPluginsDsl)
+            gradleSettingsScript().modify(::transformBuildScriptWithPluginsDsl)
+
+            gradleBuildScript().appendText(
+                """${"\n"}
+                dependencies {
+                    implementation(files("${"$"}{projectDir}/custom"))
+                    implementation(files("${"$"}{projectDir}/custom2"))
+                }
+            """.trimIndent()
+            )
+
+            build(
+                "packageJson"
+            ) {
+                assertSuccessful()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/kotlin-js-nodejs-project/custom/main.txt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/kotlin-js-nodejs-project/custom/main.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/resolver/KotlinCompilationNpmResolver.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/resolver/KotlinCompilationNpmResolver.kt
index 713979eee81..6bde98e8725 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/resolver/KotlinCompilationNpmResolver.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/resolver/KotlinCompilationNpmResolver.kt
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ internal class KotlinCompilationNpmResolver(
                 resolver.gradleNodeModules.get(it.dependency.moduleName, it.dependency.moduleVersion, it.artifact.file)
             } + fileCollectionDependencies.flatMap { dependency ->
                 dependency.files
-                    .filter { it.exists() && it.isFile }
+                    // Gradle can hash with FileHasher only files and only existed files
+                    .filter { it.isFile }
                     .map { file ->
                         resolver.gradleNodeModules.get(
                             file.name,