diff --git a/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.js b/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.js
index 810c6f91f6..40224191f2 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.js
+++ b/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.js
@@ -257,10 +257,15 @@ class AppleSimUtils {
       `        tail -F ${logsInfo.absJoined}`
     };
 
+    let dylibs = `${frameworkPath}/Detox`;
+    if (process.env.SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES) {
+      dylibs = `${process.env.SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES}:${dylibs}`;
+    }
+
     let launchBin = `/bin/cat /dev/null >${logsInfo.absStdout} 2>${logsInfo.absStderr} && ` +
-      `SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES="${frameworkPath}/Detox" ` +
+      `SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES="${dylibs}" ` +
       `/usr/bin/xcrun simctl launch --stdout=${logsInfo.simStdout} --stderr=${logsInfo.simStderr} ` +
-      `${udid} ${bundleId} --args ${args}`;;
+      `${udid} ${bundleId} --args ${args}`;
 
       if (!!languageAndLocale && !!languageAndLocale.language) {
         launchBin += ` -AppleLanguages "(${languageAndLocale.language})"`;
diff --git a/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.test.js b/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.test.js
index 6f436125a3..5329aea7e5 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.test.js
+++ b/detox/src/devices/ios/AppleSimUtils.test.js
@@ -348,6 +348,26 @@ describe('AppleSimUtils', () => {
       }
     });
 
+    it('should append framework path to existing dyld path if present', async () => {
+      const origEnvVar = process.env.SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES;
+      process.env.SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES = '/tmp';
+      environment.getFrameworkPath.mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve('thePathToFrameworks'));
+      try {
+        await uut.launch('udid', 'theBundleId');
+        expect(exec.execWithRetriesAndLogs.mock.calls).toMatchSnapshot();
+      } catch (e) {
+        fail(`should throw`);
+      } finally {
+        if (origEnvVar){
+          // set the env var back to what it used to be
+          process.env.SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES = origEnvVar;
+        } else {
+          // env var was never set to begin with, delete it
+          delete process.env.SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES;
+        } 
+      }
+    });
+
     it('returns the parsed id', async () => {
       exec.execWithRetriesAndLogs.mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve({ stdout: 'appId: 12345 \n' }));
       const result = await uut.launch('udid', 'theBundleId');
diff --git a/detox/src/devices/ios/__snapshots__/AppleSimUtils.test.js.snap b/detox/src/devices/ios/__snapshots__/AppleSimUtils.test.js.snap
index 3291f4da7e..409b562360 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/ios/__snapshots__/AppleSimUtils.test.js.snap
+++ b/detox/src/devices/ios/__snapshots__/AppleSimUtils.test.js.snap
@@ -192,6 +192,21 @@ Array [
 ]
 `;
 
+exports[`AppleSimUtils launch should append framework path to existing dyld path if present 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "/bin/cat /dev/null >/Users/detox/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/udid/data/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.out 2>/Users/detox/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/udid/data/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.err && SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=\\"/tmp:thePathToFrameworks/Detox\\" /usr/bin/xcrun simctl launch --stdout=/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.out --stderr=/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.err udid theBundleId --args ",
+    undefined,
+    Object {
+      "successful": "theBundleId launched. The stdout and stderr logs were recreated, you can watch them with:
+        tail -F /Users/detox/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/udid/data/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.{out,err}",
+      "trying": "Launching theBundleId...",
+    },
+    1,
+  ],
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`AppleSimUtils openUrl calls xcrun simctl 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [