@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class Pack extends BaseCommand {
       ) ? { ...this.npm.flatOptions, before: null } : this.npm.flatOptions
       const manifest = await pacote.manifest(spec, {
         ...options,
+        ...(spec.type === 'directory' && { allowDirectory: 'all' }),
         Arborist,
         preferOnline: true,
         _isRoot: true,
 
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ t.test('dry run', async t => {
   t.throws(() => fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
+for (const allowDirectory of ['none', 'root']) {
+  t.test(`dry run with allow-directory=${allowDirectory}`, async t => {
+    const { npm, outputs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+      prefixDir: {
+        'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+          name: 'test-package',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        }),
+      },
+      config: {
+        'allow-directory': allowDirectory,
+        'dry-run': true,
+      },
+    })
+    await npm.exec('pack', [])
+    t.strictSame(outputs, ['test-package-1.0.0.tgz'])
+  })
+}
+
 t.test('foreground-scripts defaults to true', async t => {
   const { npm, outputs, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
     prefixDir: {
 
@@ -151,6 +151,25 @@ t.test('dry-run', async t => {
   t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice)
 })
 
+for (const allowDirectory of ['none', 'root']) {
+  t.test(`dry-run with allow-directory=${allowDirectory}`, async t => {
+    const { joinedOutput, npm, registry } = await loadNpmWithRegistry(t, {
+      config: {
+        'allow-directory': allowDirectory,
+        'dry-run': true,
+        ...auth,
+      },
+      prefixDir: {
+        'package.json': JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2),
+      },
+      authorization: token,
+    })
+    registry.publish(pkg, { noPut: true })
+    await npm.exec('publish', [])
+    t.equal(joinedOutput(), `+ ${pkg}@1.0.0`)
+  })
+}
+
 t.test('foreground-scripts defaults to true', async t => {
   const { outputs, npm, logs, registry } = await loadNpmWithRegistry(t, {
     config: {
 
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ async function pack (spec = 'file:.', opts = {}) {
   // gets spec
   spec = npa(spec)
 
+  // An explicit directory is the package being packed, not a dependency fetch.
+  if (spec.type === 'directory') {
+    opts = { ...opts, allowDirectory: 'all' }
+  }
+
   const manifest = await pacote.manifest(spec, { ...opts, Arborist, _isRoot: true })
 
   if (spec.type === 'directory') {
 
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ t.test('packs from local directory', async t => {
   })
 })
 
+for (const allowDirectory of ['none', 'root']) {
+  t.test(`packs an explicit local directory with allow-directory=${allowDirectory}`, async t => {
+    const testDir = t.testdir({
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'my-cool-pkg',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      }, null, 2),
+    })
+
+    const tarball = await pack(testDir, { allowDirectory })
+    t.ok(tarball)
+  })
+}
+
 t.test('flattens path separators in name so tarball stays in packDestination', async t => {
   const testDir = t.testdir({
     src: {