diff --git a/Sources/Basics/Concurrency/AsyncProcess.swift b/Sources/Basics/Concurrency/AsyncProcess.swift
index 3ca1cf19a90..3afc34a4d57 100644
--- a/Sources/Basics/Concurrency/AsyncProcess.swift
+++ b/Sources/Basics/Concurrency/AsyncProcess.swift
@@ -375,11 +375,12 @@ package final class AsyncProcess {
         environment: Environment = .current,
         outputRedirection: OutputRedirection = .collect,
         startNewProcessGroup: Bool = true,
-        loggingHandler: LoggingHandler? = .none
+        loggingHandler: LoggingHandler? = .none,
+        workingDirectory: AbsolutePath? = nil
     ) {
         self.arguments = arguments
         self.environment = environment
-        self.workingDirectory = nil
+        self.workingDirectory = workingDirectory
         self.outputRedirection = outputRedirection
         self.startNewProcessGroup = startNewProcessGroup
         self.loggingHandler = loggingHandler ?? AsyncProcess.loggingHandler
@@ -1126,13 +1127,15 @@ extension AsyncProcess {
     package static func popen(
         arguments: [String],
         environment: Environment = .current,
-        loggingHandler: LoggingHandler? = .none
+        loggingHandler: LoggingHandler? = .none,
+        workingDirectory: AbsolutePath? = nil
     ) throws -> AsyncProcessResult {
         let process = AsyncProcess(
             arguments: arguments,
             environment: environment,
             outputRedirection: .collect,
-            loggingHandler: loggingHandler
+            loggingHandler: loggingHandler,
+            workingDirectory: workingDirectory
         )
         try process.launch()
         return try process.waitUntilExit()
diff --git a/Sources/_IntegrationTestSupport/Helpers.swift b/Sources/_IntegrationTestSupport/Helpers.swift
index 346a7b4885c..77f095177c0 100644
--- a/Sources/_IntegrationTestSupport/Helpers.swift
+++ b/Sources/_IntegrationTestSupport/Helpers.swift
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ public let xcodebuild: AbsolutePath = {
 package func sh(
     _ arguments: CustomStringConvertible...,
     env: [String: String] = [:],
+    workingDirectory: AbsolutePath? = nil,
     sourceLocation: SourceLocation = #_sourceLocation,
 ) throws -> ShReturnType {
-    let result = try _sh(arguments, env: env)
+    let result = try _sh(arguments, env: env, workingDirectory: workingDirectory)
     let stdout = try result.utf8Output()
     let stderr = try result.utf8stderrOutput()
 
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ package func sh(
 package func _sh(
     _ arguments: [CustomStringConvertible],
     env: [String: String] = [:],
+    workingDirectory: AbsolutePath? = nil
 ) throws -> AsyncProcessResult {
     var environment = Environment()
 
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ package func _sh(
     }
 
     let result = try AsyncProcess.popen(
-        arguments: arguments.map(\.description), environment: environment
+        arguments: arguments.map(\.description), environment: environment, workingDirectory: workingDirectory
     )
     return result
 }
diff --git a/Tests/IntegrationTests/BasicTests.swift b/Tests/IntegrationTests/BasicTests.swift
index 2aeeb5edb43..d0239106903 100644
--- a/Tests/IntegrationTests/BasicTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/IntegrationTests/BasicTests.swift
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ private struct BasicTests {
             #expect(dealerOutput.filter(\.isPlayingCardSuit).count == 10)
 
             // Verify that the 'git status' is clean after a build.
-            try localFileSystem.changeCurrentWorkingDirectory(to: packagePath)
-            let gitOutput = try sh("git\(ProcessInfo.exeSuffix)", "status").stdout
+            let gitOutput = try sh("git\(ProcessInfo.exeSuffix)", "status", workingDirectory: packagePath).stdout
             #expect(gitOutput.contains("nothing to commit, working tree clean"))
 
             // Verify that another 'swift build' does nothing.