diff --git a/R/biocBuildReport.R b/R/biocBuildReport.R
index 58acbc8..6e6ee9b 100644
--- a/R/biocBuildReport.R
+++ b/R/biocBuildReport.R
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ biocBuildReport <- function(
       vapply(depdf, function(x) identical(length(x), 0L), logical(1L))
   )
   if (!isEmpty)
-      y <- merge(y, depdf, by.x = "pkg", by.y = "Package")
+      y <- merge(y, depdf, by.x = "pkg", by.y = "Package", all.x = TRUE)
 
   df <- suppressMessages(left_join(y, z)) # just suppress "Joining by...."
   df <- as_tibble(df)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_biocBuildReport.R b/tests/testthat/test_biocBuildReport.R
index 4e41812..153d0a9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_biocBuildReport.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_biocBuildReport.R
@@ -21,3 +21,17 @@ test_that("columns are consistent in report output", {
     expect_true(tibble::is_tibble(bioc3.14_build))
 })
 
+test_that("non-software package types are not dropped (#21)", {
+    full_build <- biocBuildReport(
+        "devel",
+        pkgType = c(
+            "software", "data-experiment", "data-annotation", "workflows"
+        )
+    )
+    reported_types <- unique(full_build[["pkgType"]])
+    expect_true(all(
+        c("data-annotation", "data-experiment", "workflows") %in%
+            reported_types
+    ))
+})
+