diff --git a/scripts/ios-install-third-party.sh b/scripts/ios-install-third-party.sh
index 4b64c70c236..6638acbcdb7 100755
--- a/scripts/ios-install-third-party.sh
+++ b/scripts/ios-install-third-party.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
-if [ -d "$HOME/.rncache" ]; then
+if [ -n "$RN_CACHE_DIR" ] && [ -d "$RN_CACHE_DIR" ]; then
+  cachedir="$RN_CACHE_DIR"
+elif [ -d "$HOME/.rncache" ]; then
   cachedir="$HOME/.rncache" # react-native 0.57.8 and older
 else
   cachedir="$HOME/Library/Caches/com.facebook.ReactNativeBuild"