diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 482ac3072d1..0f2e9b503ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "smoketest": "cd test/smoke && node test/index.js",
     "download-builtin-extensions": "node build/lib/builtInExtensions.js",
     "monaco-compile-check": "tsc -p src/tsconfig.monaco.json --noEmit",
-    "tsec-compile-check": "node_modules/tsec/bin/tsec -p src/tsconfig.json --noEmit",
+    "tsec-compile-check": "node node_modules/tsec/bin/tsec -p src/tsconfig.json --noEmit",
     "valid-layers-check": "node build/lib/layersChecker.js",
     "strict-function-types-watch": "tsc --watch -p src/tsconfig.json --noEmit --strictFunctionTypes",
     "update-distro": "node build/npm/update-distro.js",