diff --git a/bin/build b/bin/build
index c29abb0..0da0db4 100755
--- a/bin/build
+++ b/bin/build
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# do not treat empty globs as literal
+shopt -s nullglob
+
 ANSI_RED="\033[1;31m"
 ANSI_RESET="\033[0m"
 
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ source_dir="${bp_dir}/target"
 
 layers_dir="${1:?}"
 platform_dir="${2:?}"
+app_dir="$(pwd)"
 
 # translate new stack ID to old stack ID
 export STACK="$CNB_STACK_ID"
@@ -118,13 +122,30 @@ cache_dir="${layers_dir}/shim"
 mkdir -p "${cache_dir}"
 echo "cache = true" >"${layers_dir}/shim.toml"
 
-"${target_dir}/bin/compile" "$(pwd)" "${cache_dir}" "${platform_dir}/env"
+"${target_dir}/bin/compile" "${app_dir}" "${cache_dir}" "${platform_dir}/env"
 
 # copy profile.d scripts into a layer so they will be sourced
 if [[ -d .profile.d ]]; then
 	profile_dir="${layers_dir}/profile"
+
 	mkdir -p "${profile_dir}/profile.d"
-	cp .profile.d/* "${profile_dir}/profile.d/"
+	for script in .profile.d/*; do
+		dest="${profile_dir}/profile.d/$(basename "${script}")"
+
+		# wrap each script and set $HOME to <app dir>
+		cat <<'EOF' >"${dest}"
+__cnb_shim__original_HOME="${HOME}"
+HOME=$(pwd)
+
+EOF
+		cat "${script}" >>"${dest}"
+		cat <<'EOF' >>"${dest}"
+
+HOME="${__cnb_shim__original_HOME}"
+unset __cnb_shim__original_HOME
+EOF
+	done
+
 	echo "launch = true" >"${profile_dir}.toml"
 fi
 
@@ -135,4 +156,4 @@ if [[ -f "${target_dir}/export" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # run bin/release, read Procfile, and generate launch.toml
-"${bp_dir}/bin/release" "${target_dir}" "${layers_dir}" "${platform_dir}" "$(pwd)"
+"${bp_dir}/bin/release" "${target_dir}" "${layers_dir}" "${platform_dir}" "${app_dir}"
diff --git a/build_test.go b/build_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9815a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package cnbshim_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "build")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		_ = os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+	})
+
+	// set up test env
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(tmp+"/layers", 0755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(tmp+"/platform", 0755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(tmp+"/buildpack/target", 0755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(tmp+"/buildpack/bin", 0755))
+
+	require.NoError(t, exec.Command("cp", "-r", "test/fixtures/build/app", tmp+"/").Run())
+	require.NoError(t, exec.Command("cp", "-r", "test/fixtures/build/buildpack/.", tmp+"/buildpack/target/").Run())
+	require.NoError(t, exec.Command("cp", "bin/build", tmp+"/buildpack/bin/").Run())
+	// add fake exports and release binaries
+	require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(tmp+"/buildpack/bin/exports", nil, 0755))
+	require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(tmp+"/buildpack/bin/release", nil, 0755))
+
+	// run bin/build
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd := exec.Command(tmp+"/buildpack/bin/build", tmp+"/layers", tmp+"/platform")
+	cmd.Dir = tmp + "/app"
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "CNB_STACK_ID=heroku-20", "ALLOW_EOL_SHIMMED_BUILDER=1")
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	cmd.Stderr = &out
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	if _, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); err != nil && ok {
+		t.Logf("bin/build output:\n%s", out.String())
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	contains := []string{
+		"got STACK=heroku-20",
+		fmt.Sprintf("got arg 0=%s/app", tmp),
+		fmt.Sprintf("got arg 1=%s/layers/shim", tmp),
+		fmt.Sprintf("got arg 2=%s/platform/env", tmp),
+	}
+	for _, c := range contains {
+		assert.Contains(t, out.String(), c)
+	}
+
+	files := []string{
+		"/layers/profile.toml",
+		"/layers/profile/env.build",
+		"/layers/profile/profile.d/1.sh",
+	}
+	for _, f := range files {
+		_, err := os.Stat(tmp + f)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, f)
+	}
+
+	out = bytes.Buffer{}
+	cmd = exec.Command("bash", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(`
+echo
+echo "before HOME=$HOME"
+source "%s"
+echo "after HOME=$HOME"
+`, tmp+"/layers/profile/profile.d/1.sh"))
+	cmd.Dir = tmp + "/app"
+	cmd.Env = []string{"HOME=/home/app"}
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	cmd.Stderr = &out
+	require.NoError(t, cmd.Run())
+	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf(`
+before HOME=/home/app
+buildpack HOME=%s
+after HOME=/home/app
+`, tmp+"/app"), out.String())
+}
diff --git a/exports_test.go b/exports_test.go
index 30fff89..456397b 100644
--- a/exports_test.go
+++ b/exports_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ func TestExports(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "exports")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
+			t.Cleanup(func() {
+				_ = os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+			})
 
 			cmd := exec.Command("bin/exports", fmt.Sprintf("test/fixtures/%s/export", tc.name), ".", tmp)
 			cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
diff --git a/test/fixtures/build/app/package.json b/test/fixtures/build/app/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e26dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/build/app/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/build/buildpack/bin/compile b/test/fixtures/build/buildpack/bin/compile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7fc89a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/build/buildpack/bin/compile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+i=0
+for var in "$@"; do
+    echo "got arg ${i}=${var}"
+    i=$((i + 1))
+done
+
+echo "got STACK=$STACK"
+
+mkdir .profile.d
+echo 'echo "buildpack HOME=$HOME"' >.profile.d/1.sh
+
+BIN_DIR=$(
+    cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+    pwd
+) # absolute path
+touch "${BIN_DIR}/../export"