diff --git a/src/package-linker.js b/src/package-linker.js
index d74c4ea0a7..3a96f1336c 100644
--- a/src/package-linker.js
+++ b/src/package-linker.js
@@ -436,7 +436,12 @@ export default class PackageLinker {
         topLevelDependencies,
         async ([dest, {pkg}]) => {
           if (pkg._reference && pkg._reference.location && pkg.bin && Object.keys(pkg.bin).length) {
-            const binLoc = path.join(this.config.lockfileFolder, this.config.getFolder(pkg));
+            let binLoc;
+            if (this.config.modulesFolder) {
+              binLoc = this.config.modulesFolder;
+            } else {
+              binLoc = path.join(this.config.lockfileFolder, this.config.getFolder(pkg));
+            }
             await this.linkSelfDependencies(pkg, dest, binLoc);
             tickBin();
           }