diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Running/BuildPartition.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Running/BuildPartition.cs
index 4ffc48d6c..2dc663bfb 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Running/BuildPartition.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Running/BuildPartition.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Running
             Resolver = resolver;
             RepresentativeBenchmarkCase = benchmarks[0].BenchmarkCase;
             Benchmarks = benchmarks;
-            ProgramName = benchmarks[0].Config.Options.IsSet(ConfigOptions.KeepBenchmarkFiles) ? RepresentativeBenchmarkCase.Job.FolderInfo : Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+            var keepBenchmarkFiles = benchmarks[0].Config.Options.IsSet(ConfigOptions.KeepBenchmarkFiles);
+            var guid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+            ProgramName = keepBenchmarkFiles ? RepresentativeBenchmarkCase.Job.FolderInfo : guid;
+            ProgramDirectory = keepBenchmarkFiles ? Path.Combine(RepresentativeBenchmarkCase.Job.FolderInfo, guid) : guid;
             LogBuildOutput = benchmarks[0].Config.Options.IsSet(ConfigOptions.LogBuildOutput);
             GenerateMSBuildBinLog = benchmarks[0].Config.Options.IsSet(ConfigOptions.GenerateMSBuildBinLog);
         }
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Running
 
         public string ProgramName { get; }
 
+        public string ProgramDirectory { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// the benchmarks are grouped by the build settings
         /// so you can use this benchmark to get the runtime settings
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliGenerator.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliGenerator.cs
index a432fbf88..24afe6810 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliGenerator.cs
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.DotNetCli
         /// we are limited by xprojs (by default compiles all .cs files in all subfolders, Program.cs could be doubled and fail the build)
         /// and also by NuGet internal implementation like looking for global.json file in parent folders
         /// </summary>
-        protected override string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programName)
+        protected override string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programDirectory)
         {
             if (GetSolutionRootDirectory(out var directoryInfo))
             {
-                return Path.Combine(directoryInfo.FullName, programName);
+                return Path.Combine(directoryInfo.FullName, programDirectory);
             }
 
             // we did not find global.json or any Visual Studio solution file?
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.DotNetCli
             var parent = new DirectoryInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()).Parent;
             if (parent == null)
                 throw new DirectoryNotFoundException("Parent directory for current directory");
-            return Path.Combine(parent.FullName, programName);
+            return Path.Combine(parent.FullName, programDirectory);
         }
 
         internal static bool GetSolutionRootDirectory(out DirectoryInfo directoryInfo)
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs
index 020788cc5..407eca414 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains
         /// <summary>
         /// returns a path to the folder where auto-generated project and code are going to be placed
         /// </summary>
-        [PublicAPI] protected abstract string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition assemblyLocation, string programName);
+        [PublicAPI] protected abstract string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition assemblyLocation, string programDirectory);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// returns a path where executable should be found after the build (usually \bin)
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains
             // its not ".cs" in order to avoid VS from displaying and compiling it with xprojs/csprojs that include all *.cs by default
             const string codeFileExtension = ".notcs";
 
-            string programName = buildPartition.ProgramName;
-            string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath = GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(buildPartition, programName);
+            string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath = GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(buildPartition, buildPartition.ProgramDirectory);
             string binariesDirectoryPath = GetBinariesDirectoryPath(buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, buildPartition.BuildConfiguration);
 
+            string programName = buildPartition.ProgramName;
             string executablePath = GetExecutablePath(binariesDirectoryPath, programName);
 
             return new ArtifactsPaths(
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/NativeAot/Generator.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/NativeAot/Generator.cs
index b3adfc3e3..6c6d7dd11 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/NativeAot/Generator.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/NativeAot/Generator.cs
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.NativeAot
 
         protected override string GetExecutableExtension() => OsDetector.ExecutableExtension;
 
-        protected override string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programName)
+        protected override string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programDirectory)
             => useTempFolderForRestore
-                ? Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), programName) // store everything in temp to avoid collisions with IDE
-                : base.GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(buildPartition, programName);
+                ? Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), programDirectory) // store everything in temp to avoid collisions with IDE
+                : base.GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(buildPartition, programDirectory);
 
         protected override string GetBinariesDirectoryPath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, string configuration)
             => Path.Combine(buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, "bin", configuration, TargetFrameworkMoniker, runtimeIdentifier, "publish");
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Roslyn/Generator.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Roslyn/Generator.cs
index 3ba7054f7..65b08798c 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Roslyn/Generator.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Roslyn/Generator.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.Roslyn
     [PublicAPI]
     public class Generator : GeneratorBase
     {
-        protected override string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programName)
+        protected override string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programDirectory)
             => Path.GetDirectoryName(buildPartition.AssemblyLocation);
 
         [PublicAPI]
diff --git a/tests/BenchmarkDotNet.Tests/CsProjGeneratorTests.cs b/tests/BenchmarkDotNet.Tests/CsProjGeneratorTests.cs
index 706e74b56..e1f07c0dd 100644
--- a/tests/BenchmarkDotNet.Tests/CsProjGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/BenchmarkDotNet.Tests/CsProjGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Tests
 
         private class SteamLoadedBuildPartition : CsProjGenerator
         {
-            internal string ResolvePathForBinaries(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programName)
+            internal string ResolvePathForBinaries(BuildPartition buildPartition, string programDirectory)
             {
-                return base.GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(buildPartition, programName);
+                return base.GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(buildPartition, programDirectory);
             }
 
             public SteamLoadedBuildPartition(string targetFrameworkMoniker, string cliPath, string packagesPath, string runtimeFrameworkVersion, bool isNetCore)