diff --git a/src/schemas/json/circleciconfig.json b/src/schemas/json/circleciconfig.json
index ad721bc32f2..5a83b28f686 100644
--- a/src/schemas/json/circleciconfig.json
+++ b/src/schemas/json/circleciconfig.json
@@ -140,6 +140,23 @@
                         }
                       }
                     },
+                    {
+                      "type": "object",
+                      "additionalProperties": false,
+                      "properties": {
+                        "checkout": {
+                          "type": "object",
+                          "additionalProperties": false,
+                          "properties": {
+                            "path": {
+                              "description": "Checkout directory",
+                              "type": "string",
+                              "default": false
+                            }
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    },
                     {
                       "type": "object",
                       "additionalProperties": false,
diff --git a/src/test/circleciconfig/chromeless.json b/src/test/circleciconfig/chromeless.json
index 7348cc0c74a..29142d924df 100644
--- a/src/test/circleciconfig/chromeless.json
+++ b/src/test/circleciconfig/chromeless.json
@@ -140,7 +140,11 @@
         {
           "run": "node -v; npm -v"
         },
-        "checkout",
+        {
+          "checkout": {
+            "path": "~/chromeless/test"
+          }
+        },
         {
           "setup_remote_docker": {
             "version": "17.11.0-ce"