diff --git a/rebar.config.erl b/rebar.config.erl
index 45a4de818..5901ab706 100644
--- a/rebar.config.erl
+++ b/rebar.config.erl
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 
 -export([do/2]).
 
-do(_Dir, CONFIG) ->
-    {HasElixir, C1} = deps(CONFIG),
-    Config = dialyzer(C1),
-    maybe_dump(Config ++ [{overrides, overrides()}] ++ coveralls() ++ config(HasElixir)).
+do(Dir, CONFIG) ->
+    case iolist_to_binary(Dir) of
+        <<".">> ->
+            {HasElixir, C1} = deps(CONFIG),
+            Config = dialyzer(C1),
+            maybe_dump(Config ++ [{overrides, overrides()}] ++ coveralls() ++ config(HasElixir));
+        _ ->
+            CONFIG
+    end.
 
 bcrypt() ->
     {bcrypt, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/erlang-bcrypt.git", {branch, "0.6.0"}}}.