diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93a0ae96ad..a0b19715e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
 - Fix files deleted in working directory not being removed from the project archive when `requireCommit` is false. ([#2900](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2900) by [@sjchmiela](https://github.com/sjchmiela))
+- In `EAS_NO_VCS=1`, ask Git for repository root when `EAS_PROJECT_ROOT` is not set. ([#2901](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2901) by [@sjchmiela](https://github.com/sjchmiela))
 
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/noVcs.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/noVcs.ts
index af6d66e776..b436a4133b 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/noVcs.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/noVcs.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ export default class NoVcsClient extends Client {
   }
 
   public async getRootPathAsync(): Promise<string> {
+    // If EAS_PROJECT_ROOT is absolute, return it.
+    // If it is relative or empty, resolve it from Git root or process.cwd().
+
     // Honor `EAS_PROJECT_ROOT` if it is set.
-    if (process.env.EAS_PROJECT_ROOT) {
-      const rootPath = process.env.EAS_PROJECT_ROOT;
-      // `path.resolve()` will return `rootPath` if it is absolute
-      // (which is what we want).
-      return path.resolve(process.cwd(), rootPath);
+    if (process.env.EAS_PROJECT_ROOT && path.isAbsolute(process.env.EAS_PROJECT_ROOT)) {
+      return path.normalize(process.env.EAS_PROJECT_ROOT);
     }
 
     // If `EAS_PROJECT_ROOT` is not set, try to get the root path from Git.
+    let resolveRoot = process.cwd();
     try {
       return (
         await spawnAsync('git', ['rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], {
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ export default class NoVcsClient extends Client {
       Log.warn(
         'You can set `EAS_PROJECT_ROOT` environment variable to let eas-cli know where your project is located.'
       );
-
-      return process.cwd();
     }
+
+    return path.resolve(resolveRoot, process.env.EAS_PROJECT_ROOT ?? '.');
   }
 
   public async makeShallowCopyAsync(destinationPath: string): Promise<void> {