diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go
index 73cde70f0b16..205e872dc0ed 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func TestAccAwsImageBuilderImageRecipeDataSource_Arn(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "platform", resourceName, "platform"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "tags.%", resourceName, "tags.%"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "version", resourceName, "version"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "working_directory", resourceName, "working_directory"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ resource "aws_imagebuilder_component" "test" {
     }]
     schemaVersion = 1.0
   })
-  working_directory = "/tmp"
   name     = %[1]q
   platform = "Linux"
   version  = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go
index 8d961ee1bead..39a19483cbf9 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe_test.go
@@ -506,6 +506,31 @@ func TestAccAwsImageBuilderImageRecipe_Tags(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAwsImageBuilderImageRecipe_WorkingDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-test")
+	resourceName := "aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe.test"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAwsImageBuilderImageRecipeDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAwsImageBuilderImageRecipeConfigWorkingDirectory(rName, "/tmp"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAwsImageBuilderImageRecipeExists(resourceName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "working_directory", "/tmp"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckAwsImageBuilderImageRecipeDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).imagebuilderconn
 
@@ -920,3 +945,20 @@ resource "aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe" "test" {
 }
 `, rName, tagKey1, tagValue1, tagKey2, tagValue2))
 }
+
+func testAccAwsImageBuilderImageRecipeConfigWorkingDirectory(rName string, workingDirectory string) string {
+	return composeConfig(
+		testAccAwsImageBuilderImageRecipeConfigBase(rName),
+		fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_imagebuilder_image_recipe" "test" {
+  component {
+    component_arn = aws_imagebuilder_component.test.arn
+  }
+
+  name              = %[1]q
+  parent_image      = "arn:${data.aws_partition.current.partition}:imagebuilder:${data.aws_region.current.name}:aws:image/amazon-linux-2-x86/x.x.x"
+  version           = "1.0.0"
+  working_directory = %[2]q
+}
+`, rName, workingDirectory))
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/d/imagebuilder_image_recipe.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/imagebuilder_image_recipe.html.markdown
index c4b2932ab921..a4d753fd3809 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/imagebuilder_image_recipe.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/imagebuilder_image_recipe.html.markdown
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:
 * `owner` - Owner of the image recipe.
 * `parent_image` - Platform of the image recipe.
 * `platform` - Platform of the image recipe.
-* `tags` - (Optional) Key-value map of resource tags for the image recipe.
+* `tags` - Key-value map of resource tags for the image recipe.
 * `version` - Version of the image recipe.
+* `working_directory` - The working directory used during build and test workflows.