diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 37fe7786c..99b647c73 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
    resumption, still cached sentences will display the cached timing
    tho (@ejgallego, #257)
  - Set Coq library name correctly (@ejgallego, #260)
+ - `_CoqProject` file is now detected using LSP client `rootPath`
+   (@ejgallego, #261)
 
 # coq-lsp 0.1.3: Event
 ----------------------
diff --git a/controller/coq_lsp.ml b/controller/coq_lsp.ml
index 020895d1f..4aa10dd33 100644
--- a/controller/coq_lsp.ml
+++ b/controller/coq_lsp.ml
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ let rec lsp_init_loop ic ofmt ~cmdline ~debug : Coq.Workspace.t =
     LIO.logMessage ~lvl:3 ~message:"Server initialized";
     (* Workspace initialization *)
     let debug = debug || !Fleche.Config.v.debug in
-    let workspace = Coq.Workspace.guess ~cmdline ~debug in
+    let dir = string_field "rootPath" params in
+    let workspace = Coq.Workspace.guess ~cmdline ~debug ~dir in
     log_workspace workspace;
     workspace
   | LSP.Message.Request { id; _ } ->
diff --git a/coq/workspace.ml b/coq/workspace.ml
index 5b8777930..18ed989b5 100644
--- a/coq/workspace.ml
+++ b/coq/workspace.ml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ let apply ~uri
   Declaremods.start_library (dirpath_of_uri ~uri);
   load_objs require_libs
 
-let workspace_from_coqproject ~coqlib ~debug : t =
+let workspace_from_coqproject ~coqlib ~debug cp_file : t =
   (* Io.Log.error "init" "Parsing _CoqProject"; *)
   let open CoqProject_file in
   let to_vo_loadpath f implicit =
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ let workspace_from_coqproject ~coqlib ~debug : t =
     }
   in
   let { r_includes; q_includes; ml_includes; extra_args; _ } =
-    read_project_file ~warning_fn:(fun _ -> ()) "_CoqProject"
+    read_project_file ~warning_fn:(fun _ -> ()) cp_file
   in
   let ml_include_path = List.map (fun f -> f.thing.path) ml_includes in
   let vo_path = List.map (fun f -> to_vo_loadpath f.thing false) q_includes in
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ let workspace_from_cmdline ~debug
   let w = default ~implicit ~coqlib ~kind ~debug in
   add_loadpaths w ~vo_load_path ~ml_include_path
 
-let guess ~debug ~cmdline =
-  if Sys.file_exists "_CoqProject" then
-    workspace_from_coqproject ~coqlib:cmdline.CmdLine.coqlib ~debug
+let guess ~debug ~cmdline ~dir =
+  let cp_file = Filename.concat dir "_CoqProject" in
+  if Sys.file_exists cp_file then
+    workspace_from_coqproject ~coqlib:cmdline.CmdLine.coqlib ~debug cp_file
   else workspace_from_cmdline ~debug cmdline
diff --git a/coq/workspace.mli b/coq/workspace.mli
index d8e9b12d3..f27ce4b54 100644
--- a/coq/workspace.mli
+++ b/coq/workspace.mli
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module CmdLine : sig
     }
 end
 
-val guess : debug:bool -> cmdline:CmdLine.t -> t
+val guess : debug:bool -> cmdline:CmdLine.t -> dir:string -> t
 
 (** [apply libname w] will prepare Coq for a new file [libname] on workspace [w] *)
 val apply : uri:string -> t -> unit