diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8abb872b..6cef9a93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ Like `npm run watch-js & npm run watch-less` but better.
 ![](docs/demo.gif)
 
 **Table of contents**
-- [Why](#why)
-- [Install](#install)
-- [Usage](#usage)
-- [Programmatic Usage](#programmatic-usage)
-- [FAQ](#faq)
+- [Concurrently](#concurrently)
+  - [Why](#why)
+  - [Install](#install)
+  - [Usage](#usage)
+  - [Programmatic Usage](#programmatic-usage)
+    - [`concurrently(commands[, options])`](#concurrentlycommands-options)
+  - [FAQ](#faq)
 
 ## Why
 
@@ -226,8 +228,10 @@ concurrently can be used programmatically by using the API documented below:
 
 ### `concurrently(commands[, options])`
 - `commands`: an array of either strings (containing the commands to run) or objects
-  with the shape `{ command, name, prefixColor, env }`.
+  with the shape `{ command, name, prefixColor, env, cwd }`.
 - `options` (optional): an object containing any of the below:
+    - `cwd`: the working directory to be used by all commands. Can be overriden per command.
+    Default: `process.cwd()`.
     - `defaultInputTarget`: the default input target when reading from `inputStream`.
     Default: `0`.
     - `inputStream`: a [`Readable` stream](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v10.x/docs/api/stream.html#stream_readable_streams)
@@ -264,11 +268,13 @@ const concurrently = require('concurrently');
 concurrently([
     'npm:watch-*',
     { command: 'nodemon', name: 'server' },
-    { command: 'deploy', name: 'deploy', env: { PUBLIC_KEY: '...' } }
+    { command: 'deploy', name: 'deploy', env: { PUBLIC_KEY: '...' } },
+    { command: 'watch', name: 'watch', cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, 'scripts/watchers')}
 ], {
     prefix: 'name',
     killOthers: ['failure', 'success'],
     restartTries: 3,
+    cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, 'scripts'),
 }).then(success, failure);
 ```
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 82fb0b5d..26f4661f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ module.exports = (commands, options = {}) => {
         maxProcesses: options.maxProcesses,
         raw: options.raw,
         successCondition: options.successCondition,
+        cwd: options.cwd,
         controllers: [
             new LogError({ logger }),
             new LogOutput({ logger }),
diff --git a/src/concurrently.js b/src/concurrently.js
index 6d466e23..8ee028bb 100644
--- a/src/concurrently.js
+++ b/src/concurrently.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const defaults = {
     spawn,
     kill: treeKill,
     raw: false,
-    controllers: []
+    controllers: [],
+    cwd: undefined,
 };
 
 module.exports = (commands, options) => {
@@ -37,7 +38,11 @@ module.exports = (commands, options) => {
         .map((command, index) => new Command(
             Object.assign({
                 index,
-                spawnOpts: getSpawnOpts({ raw: options.raw, env: command.env }),
+                spawnOpts: getSpawnOpts({
+                    raw: options.raw,
+                    env: command.env,
+                    cwd: command.cwd || options.cwd,
+                }),
                 killProcess: options.kill,
                 spawn: options.spawn,
             }, command)
diff --git a/src/concurrently.spec.js b/src/concurrently.spec.js
index 9de153fd..79e07cdf 100644
--- a/src/concurrently.spec.js
+++ b/src/concurrently.spec.js
@@ -104,15 +104,42 @@ it('merges extra env vars into each command', () => {
         { command: 'echo', env: { foo: 'baz' } },
         'kill'
     ]);
-    
+
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('echo', expect.objectContaining({
+        env: expect.objectContaining({ foo: 'bar' })
+    }));
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('echo', expect.objectContaining({
+        env: expect.objectContaining({ foo: 'baz' })
+    }));
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('kill', expect.objectContaining({
+        env: expect.not.objectContaining({ foo: expect.anything() })
+    }));
+});
+
+it('uses cwd from options for each command', () => {
+    create(
+        [
+            { command: 'echo', env: { foo: 'bar' } },
+            { command: 'echo', env: { foo: 'baz' } },
+            'kill'
+        ],
+        {
+            cwd: 'foobar',
+        }
+    );
+
     expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('echo', expect.objectContaining({
-        env: expect.objectContaining({ foo: 'bar' }) 
+        env: expect.objectContaining({ foo: 'bar' }),
+        cwd: 'foobar',
     }));
     expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('echo', expect.objectContaining({
-        env: expect.objectContaining({ foo: 'baz' }) 
+        env: expect.objectContaining({ foo: 'baz' }),
+        cwd: 'foobar',
     }));
     expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('kill', expect.objectContaining({
-        env: expect.not.objectContaining({ foo: expect.anything() }) 
+        env: expect.not.objectContaining({ foo: expect.anything() }),
+        cwd: 'foobar',
     }));
 });
diff --git a/src/defaults.js b/src/defaults.js
index 2d315e4f..a162a062 100644
--- a/src/defaults.js
+++ b/src/defaults.js
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // Condition of success for concurrently itself.
     success: 'all',
     // Refer to https://date-fns.org/v2.0.1/docs/format
-    timestampFormat: 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS'
+    timestampFormat: 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS',
+    // Current working dir passed as option to spawn command. Default: process.cwd()
+    cwd: undefined
 };
diff --git a/src/get-spawn-opts.js b/src/get-spawn-opts.js
index a74f65e9..972d5e29 100644
--- a/src/get-spawn-opts.js
+++ b/src/get-spawn-opts.js
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ const supportsColor = require('supports-color');
 
 module.exports = ({
     colorSupport = supportsColor.stdout,
+    cwd,
     process = global.process,
     raw = false,
-    env = {}
+    env = {},
 }) => Object.assign(
-    {},
+    {
+        cwd: cwd || process.cwd(),
+    },
     raw && { stdio: 'inherit' },
     /^win/.test(process.platform) && { detached: false },
     { env: Object.assign(colorSupport ? { FORCE_COLOR: colorSupport.level } : {}, process.env, env) }
diff --git a/src/get-spawn-opts.spec.js b/src/get-spawn-opts.spec.js
index 20371623..5f9412c2 100644
--- a/src/get-spawn-opts.spec.js
+++ b/src/get-spawn-opts.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const getSpawnOpts = require('./get-spawn-opts');
 
 it('sets detached mode to false for Windows platform', () => {
-    expect(getSpawnOpts({ process: { platform: 'win32' } }).detached).toBe(false);
+    expect(getSpawnOpts({ process: { platform: 'win32', cwd: jest.fn() } }).detached).toBe(false);
 });
 
 it('sets stdio to inherit when raw', () => {
@@ -9,10 +9,22 @@ it('sets stdio to inherit when raw', () => {
 });
 
 it('merges FORCE_COLOR into env vars if color supported', () => {
-    const process = { env: { foo: 'bar' } };
+    const process = { env: { foo: 'bar' }, cwd: jest.fn() };
     expect(getSpawnOpts({ process, colorSupport: false }).env).toEqual(process.env);
     expect(getSpawnOpts({ process, colorSupport: { level: 1 } }).env).toEqual({
         FORCE_COLOR: 1,
         foo: 'bar'
     });
 });
+
+it('sets default cwd to process.cwd()', () => {
+    const process = { cwd: jest.fn().mockReturnValue('process-cwd') };
+    expect(getSpawnOpts({
+        process,
+    }).cwd).toBe('process-cwd');
+});
+
+it('overrides default cwd', () => {
+    const cwd = 'foobar';
+    expect(getSpawnOpts({ cwd }).cwd).toBe(cwd);
+});