diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
index a9d056896b3..86626fcf64a 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
@@ -2,18 +2,12 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
 from cleo.helpers import option
 
 from poetry.console.commands.env_command import EnvCommand
 from poetry.utils.env import build_environment
 
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from pathlib import Path
-
-
 class BuildCommand(EnvCommand):
     name = "build"
     description = "Builds a package, as a tarball and a wheel by default."
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_build.py b/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
index c04717ea7b7..023e855ee59 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ def test_build_with_multiple_readme_files(
     tmp_path: Path,
     tmp_venv: VirtualEnv,
     command_tester_factory: CommandTesterFactory,
-    output_dir: str,
 ) -> None:
     source_dir = fixture_dir("with_multiple_readme_files")
     target_dir = tmp_path / "project"
@@ -75,17 +74,9 @@ def test_build_with_multiple_readme_files(
 
     poetry = Factory().create_poetry(target_dir)
     tester = command_tester_factory("build", poetry, environment=tmp_venv)
+    tester.execute()
 
-    if output_dir is None:
-        tester.execute()
-        build_dir = target_dir / "dist"
-    elif output_dir == "absolute":
-        tester.execute(f"--output {target_dir / 'tmp/dist'}")
-        build_dir = target_dir / "tmp/dist"
-    else:
-        tester.execute(f"--output {output_dir}")
-        build_dir = target_dir / output_dir
-
+    build_dir = target_dir / "dist"
     assert build_dir.exists()
 
     sdist_file = build_dir / "my_package-0.1.tar.gz"
@@ -101,3 +92,27 @@ def test_build_with_multiple_readme_files(
 
     assert "my_package-0.1/README-1.rst" in sdist_content
     assert "my_package-0.1/README-2.rst" in sdist_content
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "output_dir", [None, "dist", "test/dir", "../dist", "absolute"]
+)
+def test_build_output_option(
+    tmp_tester: CommandTester,
+    tmp_project_path: Path,
+    tmp_poetry: Poetry,
+    output_dir: str,
+) -> None:
+    if output_dir is None:
+        tmp_tester.execute()
+        build_dir = tmp_project_path / "dist"
+    elif output_dir == "absolute":
+        tmp_tester.execute(f"--output {tmp_project_path / 'tmp/dist'}")
+        build_dir = tmp_project_path / "tmp/dist"
+    else:
+        tmp_tester.execute(f"--output {output_dir}")
+        build_dir = tmp_project_path / output_dir
+
+    build_artifacts = tuple(build_dir.glob(get_package_glob(tmp_poetry)))
+    assert len(build_artifacts) > 0
+    assert all(archive.exists() for archive in build_artifacts)