diff --git a/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/main.go b/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17196c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"guthib.com/foo/pkg"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Printf("%s", pkg.NewSample()())
+}
diff --git a/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/pkg/pkg.go b/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/pkg/pkg.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..922bb66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/pkg/pkg.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package pkg
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"guthib.com/bar"
+)
+
+func Here() string {
+	return "hello"
+}
+
+func NewSample() func() string {
+	return func() string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", bar.Bar(), Here())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/vendor/guthib.com/bar/bar.go b/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/vendor/guthib.com/bar/bar.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38f3f460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/pkg/_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/vendor/guthib.com/bar/bar.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package bar
+
+// Bar is bar
+func Bar() string {
+	return "Yo"
+}
diff --git a/example/pkg/pkg_test.go b/example/pkg/pkg_test.go
index cbbbacb8..9a5c7bbf 100644
--- a/example/pkg/pkg_test.go
+++ b/example/pkg/pkg_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ func TestPackages(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: "Fromage",
 			evalFile: "./_pkg11/src/foo/foo.go",
 		},
+		{
+			desc:      "vendor dir is a sibling or an uncle",
+			goPath:    "./_pkg12/",
+			expected:  "Yo hello",
+			topImport: "guthib.com/foo/pkg",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:     "eval main with vendor as a sibling",
+			goPath:   "./_pkg12/",
+			expected: "Yo hello",
+			evalFile: "./_pkg12/src/guthib.com/foo/main.go",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {
@@ -116,7 +128,7 @@ func TestPackages(t *testing.T) {
 				os.Stdout = pw
 
 				if _, err := i.Eval(string(data)); err != nil {
-					t.Fatal(err)
+					fatalStderrf(t, "%v", err)
 				}
 
 				var buf bytes.Buffer
@@ -127,10 +139,10 @@ func TestPackages(t *testing.T) {
 				}()
 
 				if err := pw.Close(); err != nil {
-					t.Fatal(err)
+					fatalStderrf(t, "%v", err)
 				}
 				if err := <-errC; err != nil {
-					t.Fatal(err)
+					fatalStderrf(t, "%v", err)
 				}
 				msg = buf.String()
 			} else {
@@ -153,12 +165,17 @@ func TestPackages(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			if msg != test.expected {
-				t.Errorf("Got %q, want %q", msg, test.expected)
+				fatalStderrf(t, "Got %q, want %q", msg, test.expected)
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+func fatalStderrf(t *testing.T, format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format+"\n", args...)
+	t.FailNow()
+}
+
 func TestPackagesError(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		desc     string
diff --git a/interp/src.go b/interp/src.go
index 7985ce50..a369d589 100644
--- a/interp/src.go
+++ b/interp/src.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (interp *Interpreter) importSrc(rPath, path string) (string, error) {
 	// In all other cases, absolute import paths are resolved from the GOPATH
 	// and the nested "vendor" directories.
 	if isPathRelative(path) {
-		if rPath == "main" {
+		if rPath == mainID {
 			rPath = "."
 		}
 		dir = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(interp.Name), rPath, path)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (interp *Interpreter) importSrc(rPath, path string) (string, error) {
 
 func (interp *Interpreter) rootFromSourceLocation(rPath string) (string, error) {
 	sourceFile := interp.Name
-	if rPath != "main" || !strings.HasSuffix(sourceFile, ".go") {
+	if rPath != mainID || !strings.HasSuffix(sourceFile, ".go") {
 		return rPath, nil
 	}
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
@@ -188,13 +188,62 @@ func pkgDir(goPath string, root, path string) (string, string, error) {
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("unable to find source related to: %q", path)
 	}
 
-	return pkgDir(goPath, previousRoot(root), path)
+	rootPath := filepath.Join(goPath, "src", root)
+	prevRoot, err := previousRoot(rootPath, root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+
+	return pkgDir(goPath, prevRoot, path)
 }
 
-// Find the previous source root (vendor > vendor > ... > GOPATH).
-func previousRoot(root string) string {
-	splitRoot := strings.Split(root, string(filepath.Separator))
+const vendor = "vendor"
 
+// Find the previous source root (vendor > vendor > ... > GOPATH).
+func previousRoot(rootPath, root string) (string, error) {
+	rootPath = filepath.Clean(rootPath)
+	parent, final := filepath.Split(rootPath)
+	parent = filepath.Clean(parent)
+
+	// TODO(mpl): maybe it works for the special case main, but can't be bothered for now.
+	if root != mainID && final != vendor {
+		root = strings.TrimSuffix(root, string(filepath.Separator))
+		prefix := strings.TrimSuffix(rootPath, root)
+
+		// look for the closest vendor in one of our direct ancestors, as it takes priority.
+		var vendored string
+		for {
+			fi, err := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(parent, vendor))
+			if err == nil && fi.IsDir() {
+				vendored = strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimPrefix(parent, prefix), string(filepath.Separator))
+				break
+			}
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return "", err
+			}
+
+			// stop when we reach GOPATH/src/blah
+			parent = filepath.Dir(parent)
+			if parent == prefix {
+				break
+			}
+
+			// just an additional failsafe, stop if we reach the filesystem root.
+			// TODO(mpl): It should probably be a critical error actually,
+			// as we shouldn't have gone that high up in the tree.
+			if parent == string(filepath.Separator) {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if vendored != "" {
+			return vendored, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// TODO(mpl): the algorithm below might be redundant with the one above,
+	// but keeping it for now. Investigate/simplify/remove later.
+	splitRoot := strings.Split(root, string(filepath.Separator))
 	var index int
 	for i := len(splitRoot) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		if splitRoot[i] == "vendor" {
@@ -204,10 +253,10 @@ func previousRoot(root string) string {
 	}
 
 	if index == 0 {
-		return ""
+		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	return filepath.Join(splitRoot[:index]...)
+	return filepath.Join(splitRoot[:index]...), nil
 }
 
 func effectivePkg(root, path string) string {
diff --git a/interp/src_test.go b/interp/src_test.go
index d23a50a8..758f897a 100644
--- a/interp/src_test.go
+++ b/interp/src_test.go
@@ -196,9 +196,10 @@ func Test_pkgDir(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_previousRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
-		desc     string
-		root     string
-		expected string
+		desc           string
+		root           string
+		rootPathSuffix string
+		expected       string
 	}{
 		{
 			desc:     "GOPATH",
@@ -215,6 +216,18 @@ func Test_previousRoot(t *testing.T) {
 			root:     "github.com/foo/pkg/vendor/guthib.com/containous/fromage/vendor/guthib.com/containous/fuu",
 			expected: "github.com/foo/pkg/vendor/guthib.com/containous/fromage",
 		},
+		{
+			desc:           "vendor is sibling",
+			root:           "github.com/foo/bar",
+			rootPathSuffix: "testdata/src/github.com/foo/bar",
+			expected:       "github.com/foo",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:           "vendor is uncle",
+			root:           "github.com/foo/bar/baz",
+			rootPathSuffix: "testdata/src/github.com/foo/bar/baz",
+			expected:       "github.com/foo",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {
@@ -222,7 +235,20 @@ func Test_previousRoot(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			p := previousRoot(test.root)
+			var rootPath string
+			if test.rootPathSuffix != "" {
+				wd, err := os.Getwd()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				rootPath = filepath.Join(wd, test.rootPathSuffix)
+			} else {
+				rootPath = vendor
+			}
+			p, err := previousRoot(rootPath, test.root)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
 
 			if p != test.expected {
 				t.Errorf("got: %s, want: %s", p, test.expected)
diff --git a/interp/testdata/src/github.com/foo/bar/baz/baz.go b/interp/testdata/src/github.com/foo/bar/baz/baz.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d776876d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interp/testdata/src/github.com/foo/bar/baz/baz.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package baz
diff --git a/interp/testdata/src/github.com/foo/vendor/whatever/whatever.go b/interp/testdata/src/github.com/foo/vendor/whatever/whatever.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5442027d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interp/testdata/src/github.com/foo/vendor/whatever/whatever.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package whatever