diff --git a/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js b/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js
index 5fb4be2cd3fe..d64bb20c78b8 100644
--- a/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js
+++ b/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function getDefaultConfig(projectRoot: string): ConfigT {
     serializer: {
       // NOTE: Overridden in community-cli-plugin
       getModulesRunBeforeMainModule: () => [
-        require.resolve('react-native/setup-env'),
+        require.resolve('react-native/setup-env', {paths: [projectRoot]}),
       ],
       getPolyfills: () => require('@react-native/js-polyfills')(),
       isThirdPartyModule({path: modulePath}: Readonly<{path: string, ...}>) {