diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.spec.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.spec.ts
index 73006a890e2df..ffeda099d94d9 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.spec.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,26 @@ describe('hostGenerator', () => {
       include: ['src/remotes.d.ts', 'src/main.server.tsx', 'server.ts'],
     });
   });
+
+  it('should generate a host and remotes in a directory correctly when using --projectNameAndRootFormat=as-provided', async () => {
+    const tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace({ layout: 'apps-libs' });
+
+    await hostGenerator(tree, {
+      name: 'hostApp',
+      directory: 'foo/hostApp',
+      remotes: ['remote1', 'remote2', 'remote3'],
+      projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+      e2eTestRunner: 'none',
+      linter: Linter.None,
+      style: 'css',
+      unitTestRunner: 'none',
+    });
+
+    expect(tree.exists('foo/remote1/project.json')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(tree.exists('foo/remote2/project.json')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(tree.exists('foo/remote3/project.json')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      tree.read('foo/host-app/module-federation.config.js', 'utf-8')
+    ).toContain(`'remote1', 'remote2', 'remote3'`);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts
index 1b2d89564a3a5..10f02db8035dd 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts
@@ -7,18 +7,19 @@ import {
   Tree,
   updateProjectConfiguration,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
-
+import { updateModuleFederationProject } from '../../rules/update-module-federation-project';
 import applicationGenerator from '../application/application';
 import { normalizeOptions } from '../application/lib/normalize-options';
-import { updateModuleFederationProject } from '../../rules/update-module-federation-project';
-import { addModuleFederationFiles } from './lib/add-module-federation-files';
-import { updateModuleFederationE2eProject } from './lib/update-module-federation-e2e-project';
-
-import { Schema } from './schema';
 import remoteGenerator from '../remote/remote';
-
 import setupSsrGenerator from '../setup-ssr/setup-ssr';
+import { addModuleFederationFiles } from './lib/add-module-federation-files';
+import {
+  normalizeRemoteDirectory,
+  normalizeRemoteName,
+} from './lib/normalize-remote';
 import { setupSsrForHost } from './lib/setup-ssr-for-host';
+import { updateModuleFederationE2eProject } from './lib/update-module-federation-e2e-project';
+import { Schema } from './schema';
 
 export async function hostGenerator(host: Tree, schema: Schema) {
   return hostGeneratorInternal(host, {
@@ -50,10 +51,12 @@ export async function hostGeneratorInternal(host: Tree, schema: Schema) {
   if (schema.remotes) {
     let remotePort = options.devServerPort + 1;
     for (const remote of schema.remotes) {
-      remotesWithPorts.push({ name: remote, port: remotePort });
+      const remoteName = await normalizeRemoteName(host, remote, options);
+      remotesWithPorts.push({ name: remoteName, port: remotePort });
+
       await remoteGenerator(host, {
         name: remote,
-        directory: options.directory,
+        directory: normalizeRemoteDirectory(remote, options),
         style: options.style,
         unitTestRunner: options.unitTestRunner,
         e2eTestRunner: options.e2eTestRunner,
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ export async function hostGeneratorInternal(host: Tree, schema: Schema) {
         devServerPort: remotePort,
         ssr: options.ssr,
         skipFormat: true,
+        projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
       });
       remotePort++;
     }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/add-module-federation-files.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/add-module-federation-files.ts
index 5b9e2b54c2d52..0e047ca17a1b7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/add-module-federation-files.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/add-module-federation-files.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { NormalizedSchema } from '../schema';
 import { generateFiles, names } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import { normalizeProjectName } from '../../application/lib/normalize-options';
 
 export function addModuleFederationFiles(
   host,
@@ -13,9 +12,8 @@ export function addModuleFederationFiles(
     ...options,
     tmpl: '',
     remotes: defaultRemoteManifest.map(({ name, port }) => {
-      const remote = normalizeProjectName({ ...options, name });
       return {
-        ...names(remote),
+        ...names(name),
         port,
       };
     }),
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/normalize-remote.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/normalize-remote.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..45085527d3fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/normalize-remote.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { Tree, joinPathFragments } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { determineProjectNameAndRootOptions } from '@nx/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils';
+import { NormalizedSchema } from '../schema';
+
+export async function normalizeRemoteName(
+  tree: Tree,
+  remote: string,
+  options: NormalizedSchema
+) {
+  const { projectName: remoteName } = await determineProjectNameAndRootOptions(
+    tree,
+    {
+      name: remote,
+      projectType: 'application',
+      directory: options.directory,
+      projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
+      callingGenerator: '@nx/react:host',
+    }
+  );
+
+  return remoteName;
+}
+
+export function normalizeRemoteDirectory(
+  remote: string,
+  options: NormalizedSchema
+) {
+  if (options.projectNameAndRootFormat === 'derived' || !options.directory) {
+    return options.directory;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * With the `as-provided` format, the provided directory would be the root
+   * of the host application. Append the remote name to the host parent
+   * directory to get the remote directory.
+   */
+  return joinPathFragments(options.directory, '..', remote);
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/setup-ssr-for-host.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/setup-ssr-for-host.ts
index 536d191c4ce16..4c532558764b5 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/setup-ssr-for-host.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/host/lib/setup-ssr-for-host.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 
 import type { Schema } from '../schema';
 import { moduleFederationNodeVersion } from '../../../utils/versions';
-import { normalizeProjectName } from '../../application/lib/normalize-options';
 
 export async function setupSsrForHost(
   tree: Tree,
@@ -31,9 +30,8 @@ export async function setupSsrForHost(
     {
       ...options,
       remotes: defaultRemoteManifest.map(({ name, port }) => {
-        const remote = normalizeProjectName({ ...options, name });
         return {
-          ...names(remote),
+          ...names(name),
           port,
         };
       }),