diff --git a/change/rnpm-plugin-windows-2019-12-16-13-38-43-nugetver.json b/change/rnpm-plugin-windows-2019-12-16-13-38-43-nugetver.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68b02ae939b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/rnpm-plugin-windows-2019-12-16-13-38-43-nugetver.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "CLI detect project name from app.json",
+  "packageName": "rnpm-plugin-windows",
+  "email": "licanhua@live.com",
+  "commit": "ed24ef5033bac55fb8f0db6ee727051521e4682c",
+  "date": "2019-12-16T21:38:43.643Z"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/current/local-cli/rnpm/windows/src/common.js b/current/local-cli/rnpm/windows/src/common.js
index d3b8936861d..a48dc4275de 100644
--- a/current/local-cli/rnpm/windows/src/common.js
+++ b/current/local-cli/rnpm/windows/src/common.js
@@ -122,7 +122,17 @@ const getReactNativeVersion = function () {
 
 const getReactNativeAppName = function () {
   console.log('Reading application name from package.json...');
-  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('package.json', 'utf8')).name;
+  let name = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('package.json', 'utf8')).name;
+  if (!name) {
+    if (fs.existsSync('app.json')) {
+      console.log('Reading application name from app.json...');
+      name = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('app.json', 'utf8')).name;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!name) {
+    console.error('Please specify name in package.json or app.json');
+  }
+  return name;
 };
 
 /**