diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting/ApplicationModel/ExecutableResource.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting/ApplicationModel/ExecutableResource.cs
index 5a3a7297553..8d7748e14e1 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting/ApplicationModel/ExecutableResource.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting/ApplicationModel/ExecutableResource.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel;
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="name">The name of the resource.</param>
 /// <param name="command">The command to execute.</param>
-/// <param name="workingDirectory">The working directory of the executable.</param>
+/// <param name="workingDirectory">The working directory of the executable. Can be empty.</param>
 public class ExecutableResource(string name, string command, string workingDirectory)
     : Resource(name), IResourceWithEnvironment, IResourceWithArgs, IResourceWithEndpoints, IResourceWithWaitSupport
 {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ExecutableResource(string name, string command, string workingDirec
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the working directory for the executable resource.
     /// </summary>
-    public string WorkingDirectory { get; } = ThrowIfNullOrEmpty(workingDirectory);
+    public string WorkingDirectory { get; } = workingDirectory ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(workingDirectory));
 
     private static string ThrowIfNullOrEmpty([NotNull] string? argument, [CallerArgumentExpression(nameof(argument))] string? paramName = null)
     {
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/ExecutableResourceTests.cs b/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/ExecutableResourceTests.cs
index 6cfb9936feb..409e2f49349 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/ExecutableResourceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/ExecutableResourceTests.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,25 @@ public async Task AddExecutableWithArgs()
         Assert.Equal(expectedManifest, manifest.ToString());
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExecutableResourceNullCommand()
+        => Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("command", () => new ExecutableResource("name", command: null!, workingDirectory: "."));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExecutableResourceEmptyCommand()
+        => Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>("command", () => new ExecutableResource("name", command: "", workingDirectory: "."));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExecutableResourceNullWorkingDirectory()
+        => Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("workingDirectory", () => new ExecutableResource("name", command: "cmd", workingDirectory: null!));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExecutableResourceEmptyWorkingDirectory()
+    {
+        var er = new ExecutableResource("name", command: "cmd", workingDirectory: "");
+        Assert.Empty(er.WorkingDirectory);
+    }
+
     private sealed class TestResource(string name, string connectionString) : Resource(name), IResourceWithConnectionString
     {
         public ReferenceExpression ConnectionStringExpression =>