diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3969ea3aa..a0b8a590d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- [`no-extraneous-dependencies`]: `packageDir` option with array value was clobbering package deps instead of merging them ([#1175]/[#1176], thanks [@aravindet] & [@pzhine])
+
 
 ## [2.14.0] - 2018-08-13
 *   69e0187 (HEAD -> master, source/master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) Merge pull request #1151 from jf248/jsx
@@ -493,6 +496,7 @@ for info on changes for earlier releases.
 
 [`memo-parser`]: ./memo-parser/README.md
 
+[#1176]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1176
 [#1151]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1151
 [#1137]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1137
 [#1135]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1135
@@ -578,6 +582,7 @@ for info on changes for earlier releases.
 [#314]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/314
 [#912]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/912
 
+[#1175]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/issues/1175
 [#1058]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/issues/1058
 [#931]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/issues/931
 [#886]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/issues/886
@@ -767,3 +772,5 @@ for info on changes for earlier releases.
 [@1pete]: https://github.com/1pete
 [@gajus]: https://github.com/gajus
 [@jf248]: https://github.com/jf248
+[@aravindet]: https://github.com/aravindet
+[@pzhine]: https://github.com/pzhine
diff --git a/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js b/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
index ec9eedaa2..528bb827b 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ function getDependencies(context, packageDir) {
     if (!isEmpty(paths)) {
       // use rule config to find package.json
       paths.forEach(dir => {
-        Object.assign(packageContent, extractDepFields(
+        const _packageContent = extractDepFields(
           JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'), 'utf8'))
-        ))
+        )
+        Object.keys(packageContent).forEach(depsKey =>
+          Object.assign(packageContent[depsKey], _packageContent[depsKey])
+        )
       })
     } else {
       // use closest package.json
diff --git a/tests/files/monorepo/package.json b/tests/files/monorepo/package.json
index 3ed889ddf..cf0b87ffa 100644
--- a/tests/files/monorepo/package.json
+++ b/tests/files/monorepo/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "right-pad": "^1.0.1"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "left-pad": "^1.2.0"
   }
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js b/tests/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
index 10012f6b4..c29c8e5bd 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
@@ -90,6 +90,22 @@ ruleTester.run('no-extraneous-dependencies', rule, {
       code: 'import leftpad from "left-pad";',
       options: [{packageDir: packageDirMonoRepoRoot}],
     }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import react from "react";',
+      options: [{packageDir: [packageDirMonoRepoRoot, packageDirMonoRepoWithNested]}],
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import leftpad from "left-pad";',
+      options: [{packageDir: [packageDirMonoRepoRoot, packageDirMonoRepoWithNested]}],
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import leftpad from "left-pad";',
+      options: [{packageDir: [packageDirMonoRepoWithNested, packageDirMonoRepoRoot]}],
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import rightpad from "right-pad";',
+      options: [{packageDir: [packageDirMonoRepoRoot, packageDirMonoRepoWithNested]}],
+    }),
   ],
   invalid: [
     test({