diff --git a/torchtune/_cli/run.py b/torchtune/_cli/run.py
index 1aaee2f6d3..208a0e8225 100644
--- a/torchtune/_cli/run.py
+++ b/torchtune/_cli/run.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import argparse
+import os
 import runpy
 import sys
 import textwrap
@@ -167,6 +168,11 @@ def _run_cmd(self, args: argparse.Namespace):
         args.recipe = recipe_path
         args.recipe_args[config_idx] = config_path
 
+        # Make sure user code in current directory is importable
+        # TODO: This is a temporary fix, figure out how to make runpy and torchrun
+        # run from this directory
+        sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+
         # Execute recipe
         if self._is_distributed_args(args):
             if not supports_distributed: