diff --git a/src/testRunner/externalCompileRunner.ts b/src/testRunner/externalCompileRunner.ts
index a8a240a5161..c3b2ef3e6ec 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/externalCompileRunner.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/externalCompileRunner.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ interface ExecResult {
 
 interface UserConfig {
     types: string[];
+    path?: string;
 }
 
 abstract class ExternalCompileRunnerBase extends RunnerBase {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ abstract class ExternalCompileRunnerBase extends RunnerBase {
                     ts.Debug.assert(!!config.types, "Bad format from test.json: Types field must be present.");
                     types = config.types;
 
-                    cwd = submoduleDir;
+                    cwd = config.path ? path.join(cwd, config.path) : submoduleDir;
                 }
                 if (fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, "package.json"))) {
                     if (fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, "package-lock.json"))) {
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter.log b/tests/baselines/reference/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter.log
index 91ac9569693..a678ef73eb7 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter.log
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter.log
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Exit Code: 1
 Standard output:
-node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts(163,13): error TS2451: Cannot redeclare block-scoped variable 'global'.
-node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts(217,13): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'require'.
-node_modules/@types/react-native/index.d.ts(8958,11): error TS2451: Cannot redeclare block-scoped variable 'global'.
-node_modules/@types/react-native/index.d.ts(8959,14): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'require'.
+node_modules/@types/react-native/index.d.ts(3425,42): error TS2583: Cannot find name 'Map'. Do you need to change your target library? Try changing the `lib` compiler option to es2015 or later.
+node_modules/@types/react-native/index.d.ts(3438,42): error TS2583: Cannot find name 'Map'. Do you need to change your target library? Try changing the `lib` compiler option to es2015 or later.
+node_modules/@types/react-native/index.d.ts(8745,18): error TS2717: Subsequent property declarations must have the same type.  Property 'geolocation' must be of type 'Geolocation', but here has type 'GeolocationStatic'.
+node_modules/@types/react/index.d.ts(379,23): error TS2583: Cannot find name 'Set'. Do you need to change your target library? Try changing the `lib` compiler option to es2015 or later.
 
 
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter/test.json b/tests/cases/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter/test.json
index 8b177c575aa..cbe38c569ee 100644
--- a/tests/cases/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter/test.json
+++ b/tests/cases/user/TypeScript-React-Native-Starter/test.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "types": ["jest"]
+    "types": ["jest"],
+    "path": "TypeScript-React-Native-Starter/ExampleProject"
 }