@@ -7269,6 +7269,9 @@ paths:

               User:

                 type: "string"

                 description: "The user, and optionally, group to run the exec process inside the container. Format is one of: `user`, `user:group`, `uid`, or `uid:gid`."

+              WorkingDir:

+                type: "string"

+                description: "The working directory for the exec process inside the container."

             example:

               AttachStdin: false

               AttachStdout: true

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type ExecConfig struct {

 	Detach       bool     // Execute in detach mode

 	DetachKeys   string   // Escape keys for detach

 	Env          []string // Environment variables

+	WorkingDir   string   // Working directory

 	Cmd          []string // Execution commands and args

 }

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) ContainerExecCreate(name string, config *types.ExecConfig) (str

 	execConfig.Tty = config.Tty

 	execConfig.Privileged = config.Privileged

 	execConfig.User = config.User

+	execConfig.WorkingDir = config.WorkingDir

 	linkedEnv, err := d.setupLinkedContainers(cntr)

 	if err != nil {

@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ func (d *Daemon) ContainerExecCreate(name string, config *types.ExecConfig) (str

 	if len(execConfig.User) == 0 {

 		execConfig.User = cntr.Config.User

 	}

+	if len(execConfig.WorkingDir) == 0 {

+		execConfig.WorkingDir = cntr.Config.WorkingDir

+	}

 	d.registerExecCommand(cntr, execConfig)

@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) ContainerExecStart(ctx context.Context, name string, stdin io.R

 		Args:     append([]string{ec.Entrypoint}, ec.Args...),

 		Env:      ec.Env,

 		Terminal: ec.Tty,

-		Cwd:      c.Config.WorkingDir,

+		Cwd:      ec.WorkingDir,

 	}

 	if p.Cwd == "" {

 		p.Cwd = "/"

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Config struct {

 	Tty          bool

 	Privileged   bool

 	User         string

+	WorkingDir   string

 	Env          []string

 	Pid          int

 }