diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
index e0b7c0dd56bb33..8cd53b9d9ffcf2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
@@ -175,11 +175,8 @@ function buildCodegenIfNeeded() {
   });
 }
 
-function computeIOSOutputDir(outputPath, projectRoot) {
-  return path.join(
-    outputPath ? outputPath : projectRoot,
-    'build/generated/ios',
-  );
+function computeIOSOutputDir(outputPath) {
+  return path.join(outputPath, 'build', 'generated', 'ios');
 }
 
 function generateSchemaInfo(library) {
@@ -264,8 +261,7 @@ function createComponentProvider(schemas) {
   console.log(`Generated provider in: ${outputDir}`);
 }
 
-function findCodegenEnabledLibraries(projectRoot) {
-  const pkgJson = readPkgJsonInDirectory(projectRoot);
+function findCodegenEnabledLibraries(pkgJson, projectRoot) {
   return [
     ...findExternalLibraries(pkgJson),
     ...findProjectRootLibraries(pkgJson, projectRoot),
@@ -321,17 +317,30 @@ function cleanupEmptyFilesAndFolders(filepath) {
  * @throws If it can't find a cli for the CodeGen.
  */
 function execute(projectRoot, outputPath) {
-  buildCodegenIfNeeded();
-
   try {
-    const libraries = findCodegenEnabledLibraries(projectRoot);
+    const pkgJson = readPkgJsonInDirectory(projectRoot);
+    if (!(pkgJson.codegenConfig && typeof pkgJson.codegenConfig === 'object')) {
+      throw `[Codegen] Error: package.json in ${pkgJsonPath} must contain "codegenConfig" object.`;
+    }
+
+    buildCodegenIfNeeded();
+
+    const libraries = findCodegenEnabledLibraries(pkgJson, projectRoot);
 
     if (libraries.length === 0) {
       console.log('[Codegen] No codegen-enabled libraries found.');
       return;
     }
 
-    const iosOutputDir = computeIOSOutputDir(outputPath, projectRoot);
+    if (outputPath == null) {
+      const outputPathOverride = pkgJson.codegenConfig.outputDir;
+      if (outputPathOverride && typeof outputPathOverride === 'string') {
+        outputPath = outputPathOverride;
+      } else {
+        outputPath = projectRoot;
+      }
+    }
+    const iosOutputDir = computeIOSOutputDir(outputPath);
 
     const schemaInfos = generateSchemaInfos(libraries);
     generateNativeCode(iosOutputDir, schemaInfos);