diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03f68e6..abe2985 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ This is a GitHub Action written to streamline the Ruby gem publication process.
 
 `RELEASE_COMMAND` - By default, this will invoke `rake release` to build and publish the gem to Rubygems.  Set this environment variable if you have a custom release command to be invoked
 
+`WORKDIR` - Sets the workdir where bundle and the release will be run
+
 # Example
 
 ```yml
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 5de4bbd..9fcc64b 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ EOF
 chmod 0600 ~/.gem/credentials
 set -x
 
+work_directory="${WORKDIR:-.}"
+cd $work_directory
+
 echo "Installing dependencies..."
 bundle install > /dev/null