diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 43693454d5..e1a6da0076 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc,
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-superproject-working-tree")) {
 				struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
-				if (get_superproject_working_tree(&superproject))
+				if (get_superproject_working_tree(the_repository, &superproject))
 					print_path(superproject.buf, prefix, format, DEFAULT_UNMODIFIED);
 				strbuf_release(&superproject);
 				continue;
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 5c92575888..78856f9840 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -2610,34 +2610,35 @@ void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *path,
 	absorb_git_dir_into_superproject_recurse(path, super_prefix);
 }
 
-int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
+int get_superproject_working_tree(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
 	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf one_up = STRBUF_INIT;
-	char *cwd = xgetcwd();
+	struct strbuf target_wt = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *worktree;
 	int ret = 0;
 	const char *subpath;
 	int code;
 	ssize_t len;
 
-	if (!is_inside_work_tree(the_repository))
-		/*
-		 * FIXME:
-		 * We might have a superproject, but it is harder
-		 * to determine.
-		 */
+	worktree = repo_get_work_tree(r);
+	if (!worktree)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!strbuf_realpath(&one_up, "../", 0))
+	if (!strbuf_realpath(&target_wt, worktree, 0))
 		goto out;
 
-	subpath = relative_path(cwd, one_up.buf, &sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&one_up, "%s/..", target_wt.buf);
+	if (!strbuf_realpath(&one_up, one_up.buf, 0))
+		goto out;
+
+	subpath = relative_path(target_wt.buf, one_up.buf, &sb);
 
 	prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env);
 	strvec_pop(&cp.env);
 
-	strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "--literal-pathspecs", "-C", "..",
+	strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "--literal-pathspecs", "-C", one_up.buf,
 		     "ls-files", "-z", "--stage", "--full-name", "--",
 		     subpath, NULL);
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
@@ -2648,14 +2649,14 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
 	cp.git_cmd = 1;
 
 	if (start_command(&cp))
-		die(_("could not start ls-files in .."));
+		die(_("could not start ls-files in %s"), one_up.buf);
 
 	len = strbuf_read(&sb, cp.out, PATH_MAX);
 	close(cp.out);
 
 	if (starts_with(sb.buf, "160000")) {
 		int super_sub_len;
-		int cwd_len = strlen(cwd);
+		int wt_len = target_wt.len;
 		char *super_sub, *super_wt;
 
 		/*
@@ -2666,12 +2667,12 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
 		super_sub = strchr(sb.buf, '\t') + 1;
 		super_sub_len = strlen(super_sub);
 
-		if (super_sub_len > cwd_len ||
-		    strcmp(&cwd[cwd_len - super_sub_len], super_sub))
-			BUG("returned path string doesn't match cwd?");
+		if (super_sub_len > wt_len ||
+		    strcmp(&target_wt.buf[wt_len - super_sub_len], super_sub))
+			BUG("returned path string doesn't match worktree?");
 
-		super_wt = xstrdup(cwd);
-		super_wt[cwd_len - super_sub_len] = '\0';
+		super_wt = xstrdup(target_wt.buf);
+		super_wt[wt_len - super_sub_len] = '\0';
 
 		strbuf_realpath(buf, super_wt, 1);
 		ret = 1;
@@ -2681,10 +2682,10 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
 	code = finish_command(&cp);
 
 	if (code == 128)
-		/* '../' is not a git repository */
+		/* parent directory is not a git repository */
 		ret = 0;
 	else if (code == 0 && len == 0)
-		/* There is an unrelated git repository at '../' */
+		/* There is an unrelated git repository at parent directory */
 		ret = 0;
 	else if (code)
 		die(_("ls-tree returned unexpected return code %d"), code);
@@ -2692,7 +2693,7 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
 out:
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	strbuf_release(&one_up);
-	free(cwd);
+	strbuf_release(&target_wt);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/submodule.h b/submodule.h
index b10e16e6c0..1a465a1208 100644
--- a/submodule.h
+++ b/submodule.h
@@ -170,6 +170,6 @@ void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *path,
  * project is a submodule of. If this repository is not a submodule of
  * another repository, return 0.
  */
-int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf);
+int get_superproject_working_tree(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *buf);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index eefdecb0bd..5c3d9f2829 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -1549,4 +1549,23 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule add fails when name is reused' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'path.superproject-root works with --git-dir' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf sub super" &&
+	git init sub &&
+	test_commit -C sub initial &&
+	git init super &&
+	(
+		cd super &&
+		git -c protocol.file.allow=always submodule add "../sub" sub &&
+		git commit -m "add submodule" &&
+
+		SUPER_ROOT="$(test-tool path-utils real_path .)" &&
+		MODULE_DIR="$SUPER_ROOT/.git/modules/sub" &&
+
+		echo "path.superproject-root.absolute=$SUPER_ROOT" >expect &&
+		git --git-dir="$MODULE_DIR" repo info path.superproject-root.absolute >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_done