diff --git a/.github/actions/use-local-dockerfile/action.yml b/.github/actions/use-local-dockerfile/action.yml
index cfb62f4..74b1af6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/use-local-dockerfile/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/use-local-dockerfile/action.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 name: "Use local Dockerfile"
 description: "Use the local Dockerfile to test the action instead of the one on DockerHub"
-
+inputs:
+  working_directory:
+    description: 'Directory to manipulate Dockerfile in'
+    required: true
+    default: '.'
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Replace image on action.yml
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        mv action.yml previous.yml
-        sed "s|docker://ghcr.io/getsentry/action-release-image:latest|Dockerfile|" previous.yml >> action.yml
-        grep "image" action.yml
+        mv ${{inputs.working_directory}}/action.yml ${{inputs.working_directory}}/previous.yml
+        sed "s|docker://ghcr.io/getsentry/action-release-image:latest|Dockerfile|" ${{inputs.working_directory}}/previous.yml >> ${{inputs.working_directory}}/action.yml
+        grep "image" ${{inputs.working_directory}}/action.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e00c2de..2e6c221 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,30 @@ jobs:
       env:
         MOCK: true
       with:
-        environment: production
\ No newline at end of file
+        environment: production
+
+  mock-release-working-directory:
+    name: "Build image & mock a release in a different working directory"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout directory we'll be running from
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        path: main/
+
+    - name: Checkout directory we'll be testing
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        path: test/
+
+    - uses: './main/.github/actions/use-local-dockerfile'
+      with:
+        working_directory: main
+
+    - name: Mock creating a Sentry release in a different directory
+      uses: ./main
+      env:
+        MOCK: true
+      with:
+        environment: production
+        working_directory: ./test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c1cc3f3..77fbee6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Adding the following to your workflow will create a new Sentry release and tell
 |`projects`|Space-separated list of paths of projects. When omitted, falls back to the environment variable `SENTRY_PROJECT` to determine the project.|-|
 |`url_prefix`|Adds a prefix to source map urls after stripping them.|-|
 |`strip_common_prefix`|Will remove a common prefix from uploaded filenames. Useful for removing a path that is build-machine-specific.|`false`|
+|`working_directory`|Directory to collect sentry release information from. Useful when collecting information from a non-standard checkout directory.|-|
 
 ### Examples
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 7bb4a33..72fd500 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ inputs:
   strip_common_prefix:
     description: 'Will remove a common prefix from uploaded filenames. Useful for removing a path that is build-machine-specific.'
     required: false
+  working_directory:
+    description: 'Directory to collect sentry release information from. Useful when collecting information from a non-standard checkout directory.'
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   # If you change this, update the use-local-dockerfile action
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 55a1ff5..b4a9439 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import {getCLI} from './cli';
 import * as options from './options';
+import * as process from 'process';
 
 (async () => {
   try {
@@ -23,10 +24,16 @@ import * as options from './options';
       false
     );
     const version = await options.getVersion();
+    const workingDirectory = options.getWorkingDirectory();
 
     core.debug(`Version is ${version}`);
     await cli.new(version, {projects});
 
+    const currentWorkingDirectory = process.cwd();
+    if (workingDirectory !== null && workingDirectory.length > 0) {
+      process.chdir(workingDirectory);
+    }
+
     if (setCommitsOption !== 'skip') {
       core.debug(`Setting commits with option '${setCommitsOption}'`);
       await cli.setCommits(version, {
@@ -66,6 +73,10 @@ import * as options from './options';
       await cli.finalize(version);
     }
 
+    if (workingDirectory !== null && workingDirectory.length > 0) {
+      process.chdir(currentWorkingDirectory);
+    }
+
     core.debug(`Done`);
     core.setOutput('version', version);
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index fd6ffec..80e62ab 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -165,3 +165,7 @@ export const getProjects = (): string[] => {
 export const getUrlPrefixOption = (): string => {
   return core.getInput('url_prefix');
 };
+
+export const getWorkingDirectory = (): string => {
+  return core.getInput('working_directory');
+};