diff --git a/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj b/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj
index 1e0aab010..879276a65 100644
--- a/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/UWP/ReactTestApp.vcxproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <ReactAppUniversalDir Condition="'$(ReactAppUniversalDir)'==''">$(ReactAppWinDir)\UWP</ReactAppUniversalDir>
     <ReactAppGeneratedDir Condition="'$(ReactAppGeneratedDir)'==''">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..</ReactAppGeneratedDir>
     <ReactNativeWindowsDir Condition="'$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)'==''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'node_modules\react-native-windows\package.json'))\node_modules\react-native-windows\</ReactNativeWindowsDir>
+    <ReactNativeDir Condition="'$(ReactNativeDir)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'node_modules\react-native\package.json'))\node_modules\react-native\</ReactNativeDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.WindowsSdk.Default.props" Condition="Exists('$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.WindowsSdk.Default.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Fallback Windows SDK Versions">