diff --git a/src/watch.js b/src/watch.js
index 3860097..f451fba 100644
--- a/src/watch.js
+++ b/src/watch.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import type {WatchCallback} from './typedef';
 import {logError, log, consoleStyles} from './logger';
 import {Client} from 'fb-watchman';
 
+/* eslint-disable camelcase */
+
 const client = new Client(),
   ALPHANUMERIC_BASE = 36,
   {yellow} = consoleStyles;
@@ -31,13 +33,15 @@ const client = new Client(),
 export function watch(dir: string, type: string, callback: WatchCallback) {
   const subscription = Date.now().toString(ALPHANUMERIC_BASE);
 
-  client.capabilityCheck({}, capabilityErr => {
+  client.capabilityCheck({optional: [], required: ['relative_root']}, capabilityErr => {
     if (capabilityErr) {
+      client.end();
+
       return logError(capabilityErr);
     }
 
     client.command(['watch-project', dir], (watchErr, watchResp) => {
-      const {watch: watcher} = watchResp;
+      const {watch: watcher, relative_path: relative_root} = watchResp;
 
       if (watchErr) {
         return logError(watchErr);
@@ -54,7 +58,8 @@ export function watch(dir: string, type: string, callback: WatchCallback) {
 
         client.command(['subscribe', watcher, subscription, {
           expression: ['suffix', type],
-          since: clockResp.clock
+          since: clockResp.clock,
+          relative_root
         }], subscribeErr => {
           if (subscribeErr) {
             logError(subscribeErr);
diff --git a/test/mock.js b/test/mock.js
index 1acd21a..4155902 100644
--- a/test/mock.js
+++ b/test/mock.js
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ export class Client {
   capabilityCheck: () => void;
   command: () => void;
   on: () => void;
+  end: () => void;
 }
 Client.prototype.capabilityCheck = noop;
 Client.prototype.command = noop;
 Client.prototype.on = noop;
+Client.prototype.end = noop;
diff --git a/test/watch.spec.js b/test/watch.spec.js
index 0d471cf..ab9fd05 100644
--- a/test/watch.spec.js
+++ b/test/watch.spec.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ chai.use(sinonChai);
 
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-expressions */
 /* eslint-disable require-jsdoc */
+/* eslint-disable camelcase */
 
 const ALPHANUMERIC_BASE = 36,
   capabilityErr = new Error('capabilityErr'),
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ describe('watch', () => {
     });
 
     it('calls capabilityCheck', () => {
-      expect(Client.prototype.capabilityCheck).calledWith({}, match.func);
+      expect(Client.prototype.capabilityCheck).calledWith({optional: [], required: ['relative_root']}, match.func);
     });
 
     it('prints an error on screen', () => {
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ describe('watch', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         stub(Client.prototype, 'command', (command, cb) => {
           if ('watch-project' === command[0]) {
-            cb(null, {watch: 'a watcher instance'});
+            cb(null, {watch: 'a watcher instance', relative_path: 'relative path'});
           } else if ('clock' === command[0]) {
             cb(null, {clock: 'clock value'});
           } else {
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ describe('watch', () => {
 
       it('executes a subscribe command', () => {
         expect(Client.prototype.command).calledWith(['subscribe', 'a watcher instance', 'qwerty',
-          {expression: ['suffix', 'rty'], since: 'clock value'}], match.func);
+          {expression: ['suffix', 'rty'], since: 'clock value', relative_root: 'relative path'}], match.func);
       });
 
       it('prints an error on screen', () => {