diff --git a/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp b/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp
index dd34c60e6..dea007f25 100644
--- a/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp
+++ b/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ bool ProjMgrWorker::ParseContextLayers(ContextItem& context) {
       if (!variable.empty()) {
         context.layerVariables[clayer.type] = variable;
       }
-      string clayerFile = RteUtils::ExpandAccessSequences(clayer.layer, context.variables);
+      auto variables = context.variables;
+      variables[RteConstants::AS_SOLUTION_DIR_BR] = context.csolution->directory;
+      string clayerFile = RteUtils::ExpandAccessSequences(clayer.layer, variables);
       if (clayerFile.empty()) {
         continue;
       }
diff --git a/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/ref/variables/variables.cbuild-idx.yml b/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/ref/variables/variables.cbuild-idx.yml
index 1ba3a88ee..43af99ad1 100644
--- a/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/ref/variables/variables.cbuild-idx.yml
+++ b/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/ref/variables/variables.cbuild-idx.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build-idx:
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/$VarTargetLayer$
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/$VarSolution$
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/$VarSolutionDir$
+        - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/$SolutionDir()$/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
   cbuilds:
     - cbuild: variables.BuildType1+TargetType1.cbuild.yml
       project: variables
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ build-idx:
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/app.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/build1.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir.clayer.yml
+        - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/target1.clayer.yml
       messages:
         info:
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ build-idx:
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/app.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/build1.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir.clayer.yml
+        - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/target2.clayer.yml
       messages:
         info:
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ build-idx:
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/app.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/build2.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir.clayer.yml
+        - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/target1.clayer.yml
       messages:
         info:
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ build-idx:
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/app.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/build2.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir.clayer.yml
+        - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
         - clayer: ../data/TestLayers/variables/target2.clayer.yml
       messages:
         info:
diff --git a/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/variables.cproject.yml b/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/variables.cproject.yml
index 5e20170bf..3e264f645 100644
--- a/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/variables.cproject.yml
+++ b/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/variables.cproject.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ project:
     - layer: $VarTargetLayer$
     - layer: $VarSolution$
     - layer: $VarSolutionDir$
+    - layer: $SolutionDir()$/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
diff --git a/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml b/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26dbc30a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/projmgr/test/data/TestLayers/variables/solutionDir2.clayer.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/devtools/main/tools/projmgr/schemas/clayer.schema.json
+
+layer:
+
+  define:
+    - SolutionDir-Layer