diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 4c9d1861..01be6c6c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ PlatformIO 3.0
   (e.g., ``-DNAME=VALUE``)
 * Fixed issue which did not allow to override runtime build environment using
   extra POST script
+* Fixed "RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded" for library manager
+  (`issue #1528 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/1528>`_)
 
 3.5.2 (2018-03-13)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/platformio/managers/package.py b/platformio/managers/package.py
index 3996bc06..152a617d 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/package.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/package.py
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ class BasePkgManager(PkgRepoMixin, PkgInstallerMixin):
             self.INSTALL_HISTORY = []
         history_key = "%s-%s-%s" % (name, requirements or "", url or "")
         if history_key in self.INSTALL_HISTORY:
-            return package_dir
+            return None
         self.INSTALL_HISTORY.append(history_key)
 
         if package_dir and force: