diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9363a10..64b86e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Fixed issue in deduping and sub-package names.
 - Fixed #189: nested dependencies that do not contain VCS information were not
   being updated properly when --updated-vendored was being used.
+- Fixed #186: glide up PACKAGE was failing to generate a proper glide.lock file.
 
 # Release 0.8.2 (2015-12-21)
 
diff --git a/cmd/get_imports.go b/cmd/get_imports.go
index 8eafe64..3e70f29 100644
--- a/cmd/get_imports.go
+++ b/cmd/get_imports.go
@@ -142,6 +142,26 @@
 	for _, dep := range cfg.Imports {
 		if restrict && !pkgs[dep.Name] {
 			Debug("===> Skipping %q", dep.Name)
+
+			// Even though skipping check if the package exists and has VCS info
+			// needed for other operations.
+			dest := path.Join(cwd, dep.Name)
+			if _, err := os.Stat(dest); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				Warn("Package %s not checked out to vendor/ folder", dep.Name)
+				Error("Unable to generate accurate glide.lock because %s is missing", dep.Name)
+			} else {
+				empty, err := isDirectoryEmpty(dest)
+				_, err2 := v.DetectVcsFromFS(dest)
+				if err != nil || empty == true {
+					Warn("Package %s not checked out to vendor/ folder. Directory empty", dep.Name)
+					Error("Unable to generate accurate glide.lock because %s is missing", dep.Name)
+					continue
+				} else if empty == false && err2 == v.ErrCannotDetectVCS {
+					Warn("%s appears to be a vendored package missing version control data", dep.Name)
+					Error("Unable to generate accurate glide.lock because %s version control data is missing", dep.Name)
+				}
+			}
+
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/glide.go b/glide.go
index 223b13a..0ecd89b 100644
--- a/glide.go
+++ b/glide.go
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
 		Using("useGopath").From("cxt:useGopath").
 		Does(cmd.SetReference, "version").Using("conf").From("cxt:cfg").
 		Does(cmd.Flatten, "flattened").Using("conf").From("cxt:cfg").
-		Using("packages").From("cxt:packages").
+		//Using("packages").From("cxt:packages").
 		Using("force").From("cxt:forceUpdate").
 		Using("skip").From("cxt:skipFlatten").
 		Using("home").From("cxt:home").