diff --git a/scripts/init.js b/scripts/init.js
index 9ba2961e21b2bfc10e7f416babc3500d102e4635..c022af6821b0f90ac605ae92ee0ee79da569d50f 100644
--- a/scripts/init.js
+++ b/scripts/init.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function(hostPath, appName) {
   var selfPackage = require(selfPath + '/package.json');
 
   // Copy over devDependencies
+  hostPackage.dependencies = hostPackage.dependencies || {};
   for (var key in selfPackage.devDependencies) {
     hostPackage.dependencies[key] = selfPackage.devDependencies[key];
   }