diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/workspaceUtils.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/workspaceUtils.js
index 159580e6066..5c502753ab4 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/workspaceUtils.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/workspaceUtils.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ const findPkgs = (rootPath, globPatterns) => {
 const findMonorepo = appDir => {
   const monoPkgPath = findPkg.sync(path.resolve(appDir, '..'));
   const monoPkg = monoPkgPath && require(monoPkgPath);
-  const patterns = monoPkg && monoPkg.workspaces;
+  const workspaces = monoPkg && monoPkg.workspaces;
+  const patterns = (workspaces && workspaces.packages) || workspaces;
   const isYarnWs = Boolean(patterns);
   const allPkgs = patterns && findPkgs(path.dirname(monoPkgPath), patterns);
   const isIncluded = dir => allPkgs && allPkgs.indexOf(dir) !== -1;