diff --git a/lib/commands/exec.js b/lib/commands/exec.js
index ed4b07dc39b4d..d532eca107c6c 100644
--- a/lib/commands/exec.js
+++ b/lib/commands/exec.js
@@ -34,24 +34,33 @@ class Exec extends BaseCommand {
     for (const [name, path] of this.workspaces) {
       const locationMsg =
         `in workspace ${this.npm.chalk.green(name)} at location:\n${this.npm.chalk.dim(path)}`
-      await this.callExec(args, { locationMsg, runPath: path })
+      await this.callExec(args, { name, locationMsg, runPath: path })
     }
   }
 
-  async callExec (args, { locationMsg, runPath } = {}) {
-    // This is where libnpmexec will look for locally installed packages
+  async callExec (args, { name, locationMsg, runPath } = {}) {
+    // This is where libnpmexec will look for locally installed packages at the project level
     const localPrefix = this.npm.localPrefix
+    // This is where libnpmexec will look for locally installed packages at the workspace level
+    let localBin = this.npm.localBin
+    let path = localPrefix
 
     // This is where libnpmexec will actually run the scripts from
     if (!runPath) {
       runPath = process.cwd()
+    } else {
+      // We have to consider if the workspace has its own separate versions
+      // libnpmexec will walk up to localDir after looking here
+      localBin = resolve(this.npm.localDir, name, 'node_modules', '.bin')
+      // We also need to look for `bin` entries in the workspace package.json
+      // libnpmexec will NOT look in the project root for the bin entry
+      path = runPath
     }
 
     const call = this.npm.config.get('call')
     let globalPath
     const {
       flatOptions,
-      localBin,
       globalBin,
       globalDir,
       chalk,
@@ -79,14 +88,14 @@ class Exec extends BaseCommand {
       // copy args so they dont get mutated
       args: [...args],
       call,
-      localBin,
-      locationMsg,
+      chalk,
       globalBin,
       globalPath,
+      localBin,
+      locationMsg,
       output,
-      chalk,
       packages,
-      path: localPrefix,
+      path,
       runPath,
       scriptShell,
       yes,
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/exec.js b/test/lib/commands/exec.js
index 07a3e6ebd8ed9..3cb4e90e855fe 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/exec.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/exec.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ t.test('--prefix', async t => {
   t.ok(exists.isFile(), 'bin ran, creating file')
 })
 
-t.test('workspaces', async t => {
+t.test('runs in workspace path', async t => {
   const registry = new MockRegistry({
     tap: t,
     registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/',
@@ -124,12 +124,101 @@ t.test('workspaces', async t => {
   await registry.package({ manifest,
     tarballs: {
       '1.0.0': path.join(npm.prefix, 'npm-exec-test'),
-    } })
+    },
+  })
   await npm.exec('exec', ['@npmcli/npx-test'])
   const exists = await fs.stat(path.join(npm.prefix, 'workspace-a', 'npm-exec-test-success'))
   t.ok(exists.isFile(), 'bin ran, creating file inside workspace')
 })
 
+t.test('finds workspace bin first', async t => {
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    config: {
+      workspace: ['workspace-a'],
+    },
+    prefixDir: {
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        name: '@npmcli/npx-workspace-root-test',
+        bin: { 'npx-test': 'index.js' },
+        workspaces: ['workspace-a'],
+      }),
+      'index.js': `#!/usr/bin/env node
+  require('fs').writeFileSync('npm-exec-test-fail', '')`,
+      'workspace-a': {
+        'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+          name: '@npmcli/npx-workspace-test',
+          bin: { 'npx-test': 'index.js' },
+        }),
+        'index.js': `#!/usr/bin/env node
+  require('fs').writeFileSync('npm-exec-test-success', '')`,
+      },
+    },
+  })
+
+  await npm.exec('install', []) // reify
+  await npm.exec('exec', ['npx-test'])
+  const exists = await fs.stat(path.join(npm.prefix, 'workspace-a', 'npm-exec-test-success'))
+  t.ok(exists.isFile(), 'bin ran, creating file inside workspace')
+  t.rejects(fs.stat(path.join(npm.prefix, 'npm-exec-test-fail')))
+})
+
+t.test('finds workspace dep first', async t => {
+  const registry = new MockRegistry({
+    tap: t,
+    registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/',
+  })
+
+  const manifest = registry.manifest({ name: '@npmcli/subdep', versions: ['1.0.0', '2.0.0'] })
+  manifest.versions['1.0.0'].bin = { 'npx-test': 'index.js' }
+  manifest.versions['2.0.0'].bin = { 'npx-test': 'index.js' }
+
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    prefixDir: {
+      subdep: {
+        one: {
+          'package.json': JSON.stringify(manifest.versions['1.0.0']),
+          'index.js': `#!/usr/bin/env node
+  require('fs').writeFileSync('npm-exec-test-one', '')`,
+        },
+        two: {
+          'package.json': JSON.stringify(manifest.versions['2.0.0']),
+          'index.js': `#!/usr/bin/env node
+  require('fs').writeFileSync('npm-exec-test-two', '')`,
+        },
+      },
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        name: '@npmcli/npx-workspace-root-test',
+        dependencies: { '@npmcli/subdep': '1.0.0' },
+        bin: { 'npx-test': 'index.js' },
+        workspaces: ['workspace-a'],
+      }),
+      'index.js': `#!/usr/bin/env node
+  require('fs').writeFileSync('npm-exec-test-fail', '')`,
+      'workspace-a': {
+        'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+          name: '@npmcli/npx-workspace-test',
+          dependencies: { '@npmcli/subdep': '2.0.0' },
+          bin: { 'npx-test': 'index.js' },
+        }),
+        'index.js': `#!/usr/bin/env node
+  require('fs').writeFileSync('npm-exec-test-success', '')`,
+      },
+    },
+  })
+
+  await registry.package({ manifest,
+    tarballs: {
+      '1.0.0': path.join(npm.prefix, 'subdep', 'one'),
+      '2.0.0': path.join(npm.prefix, 'subdep', 'two'),
+    },
+  })
+  await npm.exec('install', [])
+  npm.config.set('workspace', ['workspace-a'])
+  await npm.exec('exec', ['npx-test'])
+  const exists = await fs.stat(path.join(npm.prefix, 'workspace-a', 'npm-exec-test-success'))
+  t.ok(exists.isFile(), 'bin ran, creating file')
+})
+
 t.test('npx --no-install @npmcli/npx-test', async t => {
   const registry = new MockRegistry({
     tap: t,