diff --git a/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Formatter.ts b/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Formatter.ts
index 822a4750..6ee9f1b0 100644
--- a/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Formatter.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Formatter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path';
-import { Range, TextDocument, TextDocumentIdentifier, TextEdit } from 'vscode-languageserver';
+import { TextDocument } from 'vscode-languageserver-textdocument';
+import { Range, TextDocumentIdentifier, TextEdit } from 'vscode-languageserver';
 import { RubyEnvironment } from 'vscode-ruby-common';
 import {
 	documentConfigurationCache,
@@ -37,7 +38,10 @@ function getFormatter(
 ): IFormatter {
 	// Only format if we have a formatter to use and an execution root
 	if (typeof config.format === 'string' && config.workspaceFolderUri) {
-		const executionRoot = path.dirname(URI.parse(document.uri).fsPath);
+		const executionRoot =
+			config.executionRoot.toLowerCase() === 'workspace root'
+				? URI.parse(config.workspaceFolderUri).fsPath
+				: path.dirname(URI.parse(document.uri).fsPath);
 		const formatterConfig: FormatterConfig = {
 			env,
 			executionRoot,
diff --git a/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Linter.ts b/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Linter.ts
index 4df9ccad..da17088a 100644
--- a/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Linter.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server-ruby/src/Linter.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ function getLinter(
 	if (!linter) return new NullLinter(`attempted to lint with unsupported linter: ${name}`);
 	const lintConfig: RubyCommandConfiguration =
 		typeof config.lint[name] === 'object' ? config.lint[name] : {};
-	const executionRoot = path.dirname(URI.parse(document.uri).fsPath);
+	const executionRoot =
+		lintConfig.executionRoot.toLowerCase() === 'workspace root'
+			? URI.parse(config.workspaceFolderUri).fsPath
+			: path.dirname(URI.parse(document.uri).fsPath);
 	const linterConfig: LinterConfig = {
 		env,
 		executionRoot,
diff --git a/packages/language-server-ruby/src/SettingsCache.ts b/packages/language-server-ruby/src/SettingsCache.ts
index 111ac0e6..d13db44d 100644
--- a/packages/language-server-ruby/src/SettingsCache.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server-ruby/src/SettingsCache.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { LogLevelDesc } from 'loglevel';
 export interface RubyCommandConfiguration {
 	command?: string;
 	useBundler?: boolean;
+	executionRoot?: 'file path' | 'workspace root';
 }
 
 export interface RuboCopLintConfiguration extends RubyCommandConfiguration {
diff --git a/packages/vscode-ruby-client/package.json b/packages/vscode-ruby-client/package.json
index 4e00dabb..d5e07da2 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-ruby-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/vscode-ruby-client/package.json
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@
 									"type": "boolean",
 									"default": false,
 									"description": "Prefix the `reek` command with `bundle exec`"
+								},
+								"executionRoot": {
+									"type": "string",
+									"default": "file path",
+									"oneOf": ["file path", "workspace root"],
+									"description": "Working directory in which to execute the lint functionality. Defaults to the file's path."
 								}
 							}
 						},
@@ -296,6 +302,12 @@
 									"default": false,
 									"description": "Prefix the `rubocop` command with `bundle exec`"
 								},
+								"executionRoot": {
+									"type": "string",
+									"default": "File Path",
+									"oneOf": ["file path", "workspace root"],
+									"description": "Working directory in which to execute the lint functionality. Defaults to the file's path."
+								},
 								"lint": {
 									"type": "boolean",
 									"default": false,
@@ -346,6 +358,12 @@
 									"default": false,
 									"description": "Prefix the `standard` command with `bundle exec`"
 								},
+								"executionRoot": {
+									"type": "string",
+									"default": "File Path",
+									"oneOf": ["file path", "workspace root"],
+									"description": "Working directory in which to execute the lint functionality. Defaults to the file's path."
+								},
 								"only": {
 									"type": "array",
 									"description": "Run only the specified cop(s) and/or cops in the specified departments",