diff --git a/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py b/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py
index 186368312..1c11169dc 100644
--- a/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py
+++ b/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __init__(
         for directory in config.reload_dirs:
             if Path.cwd() not in directory.parents:
                 self.reload_dirs.append(directory)
-        if Path.cwd() not in self.reload_dirs:
+        if (len(self.reload_dirs) == 0) and (Path.cwd() not in self.reload_dirs):
             self.reload_dirs.append(Path.cwd())
 
         self.watch_filter = FileFilter(config)
diff --git a/uvicorn/supervisors/watchgodreload.py b/uvicorn/supervisors/watchgodreload.py
index d8bceacef..648a5b9c8 100644
--- a/uvicorn/supervisors/watchgodreload.py
+++ b/uvicorn/supervisors/watchgodreload.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def __init__(
         for directory in config.reload_dirs:
             if Path.cwd() not in directory.parents:
                 reload_dirs.append(directory)
-        if Path.cwd() not in reload_dirs:
+        if (len(reload_dirs) == 0) and (Path.cwd() not in reload_dirs):
             reload_dirs.append(Path.cwd())
         for w in reload_dirs:
             self.watchers.append(CustomWatcher(w.resolve(), self.config))