diff --git a/pkg/target/plugindir_test.go b/pkg/target/plugindir_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90f823450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/target/plugindir_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package target_test
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/plugintest"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kunstruct"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv/plugin"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/transformer"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/fs"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/loader"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/plugins"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resource"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/target"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
+)
+
+func TestPluginDir(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := plugintest_test.NewPluginTestEnv(t).Set()
+	defer tc.Reset()
+
+	tc.BuildExecPlugin(
+		"someteam.example.com", "v1", "PrintWorkDir")
+
+	base, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err %v", err)
+	}
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir(base, "kustomize-")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+
+	fSys := fs.MakeRealFS()
+	err = fSys.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "kustomization.yaml"), []byte(`
+generators:
+- config.yaml
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err %v", err)
+	}
+	err = fSys.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml"), []byte(`
+apiVersion: someteam.example.com/v1
+kind: PrintWorkDir
+metadata:
+  name: some-random-name
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ldr, err := loader.NewLoader(loader.RestrictionRootOnly, dir, fSys)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Err: %v", err)
+	}
+	rf := resmap.NewFactory(resource.NewFactory(
+		kunstruct.NewKunstructuredFactoryWithGeneratorArgs(
+			&types.GeneratorMetaArgs{PluginConfig: plugin.ActivePluginConfig()})))
+
+	pl := plugins.NewLoader(plugin.ActivePluginConfig(), rf)
+	tg, err := target.NewKustTarget(ldr, rf, transformer.NewFactoryImpl(), pl)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err %v", err)
+	}
+
+	m, err := tg.MakeCustomizedResMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	th := NewKustTestHarness(t, ".")
+	th.assertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: WorkDir
+metadata:
+  name: `+dir+`
+spec:
+  path: `+dir+`
+`)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/someteam.example.com/v1/PrintWorkDir b/plugins/someteam.example.com/v1/PrintWorkDir
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f196d6ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/someteam.example.com/v1/PrintWorkDir
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+dir=`pwd`
+
+echo "
+kind: WorkDir
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: $dir
+spec:
+  path: ${KUSTOMIZE_PLUGIN_CONFIG_ROOT}
+"