diff --git a/src/generator.ts b/src/generator.ts
index f561fbb..134a247 100644
--- a/src/generator.ts
+++ b/src/generator.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { prompt } from 'enquirer';
 import colors from 'ansi-colors';
 
 import { executeCommands, createFiles, executeTemplate, Command, languageToFileExtension, getFileExtensionCT } from './utils';
-import { packageManager } from './packageManager';
+import { type PackageManager, determinePackageManager } from './packageManager';
 
 export type PromptOptions = {
   testDir: string,
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ type CliArgumentKey = 'browser'
   | 'lang';
 
 export class Generator {
+  private packageManager: PackageManager;
+
   constructor(private readonly rootDir: string, private readonly options: Partial<Record<CliArgumentKey, string[]>>) {
     if (!fs.existsSync(rootDir))
       fs.mkdirSync(rootDir);
+    this.packageManager = determinePackageManager(rootDir);
   }
 
   async run() {
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ export class Generator {
       {
         type: 'confirm',
         name: 'installPlaywrightBrowsers',
-        message: `Install Playwright browsers (can be done manually via '${packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install')}')?`,
+        message: `Install Playwright browsers (can be done manually via '${this.packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install')}')?`,
         initial: true,
       },
       // Avoid installing dependencies on Windows (vast majority does not run create-playwright on Windows)
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ export class Generator {
       process.platform === 'linux' && {
         type: 'confirm',
         name: 'installPlaywrightDependencies',
-        message: `Install Playwright operating system dependencies (requires sudo / root - can be done manually via 'sudo ${packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install-deps')}')?`,
+        message: `Install Playwright operating system dependencies (requires sudo / root - can be done manually via 'sudo ${this.packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install-deps')}')?`,
         initial: false,
       },
     ];
@@ -168,9 +171,9 @@ export class Generator {
 
     if (answers.installGitHubActions) {
       const githubActionsScript = executeTemplate(this._readAsset('github-actions.yml'), {
-        installDepsCommand: packageManager.ci(),
-        installPlaywrightCommand: packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install --with-deps'),
-        runTestsCommand: answers.framework ? packageManager.run('test-ct') : packageManager.runPlaywrightTest(),
+        installDepsCommand: this.packageManager.ci(),
+        installPlaywrightCommand: this.packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install --with-deps'),
+        runTestsCommand: answers.framework ? this.packageManager.run('test-ct') : this.packageManager.runPlaywrightTest(),
       }, new Map());
       files.set('.github/workflows/playwright.yml', githubActionsScript);
     }
@@ -182,8 +185,8 @@ export class Generator {
 
     if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(this.rootDir, 'package.json'))) {
       commands.push({
-        name: `Initializing ${packageManager.name} project`,
-        command: packageManager.init(),
+        name: `Initializing ${this.packageManager.name} project`,
+        command: this.packageManager.init(),
       });
     }
 
@@ -196,14 +199,14 @@ export class Generator {
     if (!this.options.ct) {
       commands.push({
         name: 'Installing Playwright Test',
-        command: packageManager.installDevDependency(`@playwright/test${packageTag}`),
+        command: this.packageManager.installDevDependency(`@playwright/test${packageTag}`),
       });
     }
 
     if (this.options.ct) {
       commands.push({
         name: 'Installing Playwright Component Testing',
-        command: packageManager.installDevDependency(`${ctPackageName}${packageTag}`),
+        command: this.packageManager.installDevDependency(`${ctPackageName}${packageTag}`),
       });
 
       const extension = getFileExtensionCT(answers.language, answers.framework);
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ export class Generator {
     if (!this._hasDependency('@types/node')) {
       commands.push({
         name: 'Installing Types',
-        command: packageManager.installDevDependency(`@types/node`),
+        command: this.packageManager.installDevDependency(`@types/node`),
       });
     }
 
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ export class Generator {
     if (answers.installPlaywrightBrowsers) {
       commands.push({
         name: 'Downloading browsers',
-        command: packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install') + (answers.installPlaywrightDependencies ? ' --with-deps' : '') + browsersSuffix,
+        command: this.packageManager.npx('playwright', 'install') + (answers.installPlaywrightDependencies ? ' --with-deps' : '') + browsersSuffix,
       });
     }
 
@@ -285,27 +288,27 @@ export class Generator {
     console.log(`
 Inside that directory, you can run several commands:
 
-  ${colors.cyan(packageManager.runPlaywrightTest())}
+  ${colors.cyan(this.packageManager.runPlaywrightTest())}
     Runs the end-to-end tests.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('--ui'))}
+  ${colors.cyan(this.packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('--ui'))}
     Starts the interactive UI mode.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('--project=chromium'))}
+  ${colors.cyan(this.packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('--project=chromium'))}
     Runs the tests only on Desktop Chrome.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('example'))}
+  ${colors.cyan(this.packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('example'))}
     Runs the tests in a specific file.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('--debug'))}
+  ${colors.cyan(this.packageManager.runPlaywrightTest('--debug'))}
     Runs the tests in debug mode.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(packageManager.npx('playwright', 'codegen'))}
+  ${colors.cyan(this.packageManager.npx('playwright', 'codegen'))}
     Auto generate tests with Codegen.
 
 We suggest that you begin by typing:
 
-  ${colors.cyan(prefix + '  ' + packageManager.runPlaywrightTest())}
+  ${colors.cyan(prefix + '  ' + this.packageManager.runPlaywrightTest())}
 
 And check out the following files:
   - .${path.sep}${pathToNavigate ? path.join(pathToNavigate, exampleSpecPath) : exampleSpecPath} - Example end-to-end test
@@ -322,21 +325,21 @@ Happy hacking! 🎭`);
     console.log(`
 Inside that directory, you can run several commands:
 
-  ${colors.cyan(`${packageManager.cli} run test-ct`)}
+  ${colors.cyan(`${this.packageManager.cli} run test-ct`)}
     Runs the component tests.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(`${packageManager.cli} run test-ct -- --project=chromium`)}
+  ${colors.cyan(`${this.packageManager.cli} run test-ct -- --project=chromium`)}
     Runs the tests only on Desktop Chrome.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(`${packageManager.cli} run test-ct App.test.ts`)}
+  ${colors.cyan(`${this.packageManager.cli} run test-ct App.test.ts`)}
     Runs the tests in the specific file.
 
-  ${colors.cyan(`${packageManager.cli} run test-ct -- --debug`)}
+  ${colors.cyan(`${this.packageManager.cli} run test-ct -- --debug`)}
     Runs the tests in debug mode.
 
 We suggest that you begin by typing:
 
-  ${colors.cyan(`${packageManager.cli} run test-ct`)}
+  ${colors.cyan(`${this.packageManager.cli} run test-ct`)}
 
 Visit https://playwright.dev/docs/intro for more information. ✨
 
diff --git a/src/packageManager.ts b/src/packageManager.ts
index b766112..6fda2bc 100644
--- a/src/packageManager.ts
+++ b/src/packageManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-interface PackageManager {
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
+
+export interface PackageManager {
   cli: string;
   name: string
   init(): string
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ class Yarn implements PackageManager {
   runPlaywrightTest(args: string): string {
     return this.npx('playwright', `test${args ? (' ' + args) : ''}`);
   }
-  
+
   run(script: string): string {
     return `yarn ${script}`;
   }
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ class PNPM implements PackageManager {
   name = 'pnpm'
   cli = 'pnpm'
 
+  constructor(private workspace: boolean) {
+  }
+
   init(): string {
     return 'pnpm init'
   }
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ class PNPM implements PackageManager {
   }
 
   installDevDependency(name: string): string {
-    return `pnpm add --save-dev ${name}`
+    return `pnpm add --save-dev ${this.workspace ? '-w ' : ''}${name}`
   }
 
   runPlaywrightTest(args: string): string {
@@ -96,15 +102,13 @@ class PNPM implements PackageManager {
   }
 }
 
-function determinePackageManager(): PackageManager {
+export function determinePackageManager(rootDir: string): PackageManager {
   if (process.env.npm_config_user_agent) {
     if (process.env.npm_config_user_agent.includes('yarn'))
-      return new Yarn()
+      return new Yarn();
     if (process.env.npm_config_user_agent.includes('pnpm'))
-      return new PNPM()
-    return new NPM()
+      return new PNPM(fs.existsSync(path.resolve(rootDir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')));
+    return new NPM();
   }
-  return new NPM()
+  return new NPM();
 }
-
-export const packageManager = determinePackageManager();
diff --git a/tests/integration.spec.ts b/tests/integration.spec.ts
index 1b0eeb1..059d3bd 100644
--- a/tests/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import { test, expect, packageManagerToNpxCommand, assertLockFilesExist } from './baseFixtures';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import childProcess from 'child_process';
 
 test('should generate a project in the current directory', async ({ run, dir, packageManager }) => {
   test.slow();
@@ -84,3 +85,19 @@ test('should generate be able to run JS examples successfully', async ({ run, di
   await exec(packageManagerToNpxCommand(packageManager), ['playwright', 'test']);
 });
 
+test('should generate in the root of pnpm workspace', async ({ run, packageManager }) => {
+  test.skip(packageManager !== 'pnpm');
+
+  const dir = test.info().outputDir;
+  fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  childProcess.execSync('pnpm init', { cwd: dir });
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), `packages:\n  - 'packages/*'\n`);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(dir, 'packages', 'foo'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'packages', 'foo', 'package.json'), `{}`);
+
+  await run([], { installGitHubActions: false, testDir: 'tests', language: 'TypeScript', installPlaywrightDependencies: false, installPlaywrightBrowsers: false });
+  assertLockFilesExist(dir, packageManager);
+  expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'tests/example.spec.ts'))).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'playwright.config.ts'))).toBeTruthy();
+});