diff --git a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/BuiltInCommand.cs b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/BuiltInCommand.cs
index 279e86d30261..4c32f9f84cf9 100644
--- a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/BuiltInCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/BuiltInCommand.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class BuiltInCommand : ICommand
 
         public string CommandName { get; }
         public string CommandArgs => string.Join(" ", _commandArgs);
+        public string CommandWorkingDirectory => _workingDirectory;
 
         public BuiltInCommand(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> commandArgs, Func<string[], int> builtInCommand)
             : this(commandName, commandArgs, builtInCommand, new BuiltInCommandEnvironment())
diff --git a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs
index 2d22a0edd774..8d81d746df0c 100644
--- a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ public ICommand OnErrorLine(Action<string> handler)
 
         public string CommandArgs => _process.StartInfo.Arguments;
 
+        public string CommandWorkingDirectory => _process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory;
+
         public ICommand SetCommandArgs(string commandArgs)
         {
             _process.StartInfo.Arguments = commandArgs;
diff --git a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/ICommand.cs b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/ICommand.cs
index 31fdaa008ef5..078b5cc4596b 100644
--- a/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/ICommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/ICommand.cs
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ public interface ICommand
         string CommandName { get; }
 
         string CommandArgs { get; }
+
+        string CommandWorkingDirectory { get; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsModel.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsModel.cs
index 79edef71ded8..d2aaedb589fc 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsModel.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsModel.cs
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ public class ProjectLaunchSettingsModel
         public string DotNetRunMessages { get; set; }
 
         public Dictionary<string, string> EnvironmentVariables { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+        public string WorkingDirectory { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs
index 80c2035cc056..ebc271f02c6c 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ public LaunchSettingsApplyResult TryGetLaunchSettings(string? launchProfileName,
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                else if (string.Equals(property.Name, nameof(ProjectLaunchSettingsModel.WorkingDirectory), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    if (!TryGetStringValue(property.Value, out var workingDirectory))
+                    {
+                        return new LaunchSettingsApplyResult(false, string.Format(LocalizableStrings.CouldNotConvertToString, property.Name));
+                    }
+
+                    config.WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory;
+                }
             }
 
             return new LaunchSettingsApplyResult(true, null, config);
diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/RunCommand.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/RunCommand.cs
index e7b154267041..686ea1b393df 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/RunCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/RunCommand.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ private ICommand ApplyLaunchSettingsProfileToCommand(ICommand targetCommand, Pro
                 {
                     targetCommand.SetCommandArgs(launchSettings.CommandLineArgs);
                 }
+                if (launchSettings.WorkingDirectory != null)
+                {
+                    targetCommand.WorkingDirectory(launchSettings.WorkingDirectory);
+                }
             }
             return targetCommand;
         }
diff --git a/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings.csproj b/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ba9b997ea9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>$(CurrentTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>$(LatestRuntimeIdentifiers)</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/Program.cs b/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b457a22255b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace MSBuildTestApp
+{
+    public class Program
+    {
+        public static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            var message = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
+            Console.WriteLine(message);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/Properties/launchSettings.json b/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/Properties/launchSettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9aad1113118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "profiles": {
+    "First":{
+      "commandName": "Project"
+    },
+    "Second":{
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "workingDirectory": "launchSubfolder"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunBuildsCsProj.cs b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunBuildsCsProj.cs
index d083626b91ab..52197473838d 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunBuildsCsProj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunBuildsCsProj.cs
@@ -561,6 +561,53 @@ public void ItUsesTheValueOfAppUrlIfTheEnvVarIsNotSet()
             cmd.StdErr.Should().BeEmpty();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ItUsesTheValueOfWorkingDirectoryIfSet()
+        {
+            var testAppName = "AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings";
+            var testInstance = _testAssetsManager.CopyTestAsset(testAppName)
+                            .WithSource();
+
+            var testProjectDirectory = testInstance.Path;
+
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(testProjectDirectory, "launchSubfolder"));
+
+            var cmd = new DotnetCommand(Log, "run")
+                .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
+                .Execute("--launch-profile", "Second");
+
+            cmd.Should().Pass()
+                .And.HaveStdOutContaining("launchSubfolder");
+
+            cmd.StdErr.Should().BeEmpty();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ItPrefersTheValueOfWorkingDirectoryFromLaunchSettingsOverProjectRunWorkingDirectory()
+        {
+            var testAppName = "AppWithWorkingDirectoryInLaunchSettings";
+            var testInstance = _testAssetsManager.CopyTestAsset(testAppName)
+                            .WithSource()
+                            .WithProjectChanges(p => {
+                                var ns = p.Root.Name.Namespace;
+                                var propertyGroup = p.Root.Elements(ns + "PropertyGroup").First();
+                                propertyGroup.Add(new XElement(ns + "RunWorkingDirectory", "expectThisSubfolderIsOverridden"));
+                            });
+
+            var testProjectDirectory = testInstance.Path;
+
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(testProjectDirectory, "launchSubfolder"));
+
+            var cmd = new DotnetCommand(Log, "run")
+                .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
+                .Execute("--launch-profile", "Second");
+
+            cmd.Should().Pass()
+                .And.HaveStdOutContaining("launchSubfolder");
+
+            cmd.StdErr.Should().BeEmpty();
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ItGivesAnErrorWhenTheLaunchProfileNotFound()
         {