diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/__tests__/getInfo.test.ts b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/__tests__/getInfo.test.ts
index 8dbde0ff0..d89b1289d 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/__tests__/getInfo.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/__tests__/getInfo.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,34 @@ describe('getInfo', () => {
     (execa.sync as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({stdout: '{}'});
     getInfo({isWorkspace: true, name} as IOSProjectInfo, 'some/path');
 
+    const execaSync = execa.sync as jest.Mock;
+    // Should not call on Pods or the other misc groups
+    expect(execaSync.mock.calls).toEqual([
+      [
+        'xcodebuild',
+        ['-list', '-json', '-project', `some/path/${name}.xcodeproj`],
+      ],
+    ]);
+  });
+  it('handles xcodeproj location in container in a ', () => {
+    const name = `YourProjectName`;
+    (fs.readFileSync as jest.Mock)
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Workspace
+   version = "1.0">
+   <FileRef
+      location = "container:${name}.xcodeproj">
+   </FileRef>
+   <FileRef
+      location = "group:Pods/Pods.xcodeproj">
+   </FileRef>
+   <FileRef
+      location = "group:container/some_other_file.mm">
+   </FileRef>
+</Workspace>`);
+    (execa.sync as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({stdout: '{}'});
+    getInfo({isWorkspace: true, name} as IOSProjectInfo, 'some/path');
+
     const execaSync = execa.sync as jest.Mock;
     // Should not call on Pods or the other misc groups
     expect(execaSync.mock.calls).toEqual([
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts
index 7f45855d7..a5efe5877 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ export function getInfo(
       '-list',
       '-json',
       '-project',
-      path.join(sourceDir, location.replace('group:', '')),
+      path.join(
+        sourceDir,
+        location.replace('group:', '').replace('container:', ''),
+      ),
     ]);
     const info = parseTargetList(xcodebuild.stdout);
     if (!info) {