diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9935d5d8..e7a378f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   * Fixed issue where `vendor_project' with `:static' did not reuse `:cflags'
     for the BridgeSupport generation.
   * Improved String#to_sym performance. ~40% faster.
+  * Fixed issue where manually created BridgeSupport metadata files were no
+    longer being used by the compiler. Now if one exists in the root of the lib
+    dir, that will be used instead of one in the platform-specific build dir.
 
 = RubyMotion 2.22 =
 
diff --git a/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb b/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb
index a4416ef1..a3529591 100644
--- a/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb
+++ b/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ EOS
         headers = source_files.select { |p| File.extname(p) == '.h' }
         bs_files = []
         unless headers.empty?
-          bs_file = File.join(build_dir, File.basename(@path) + '.bridgesupport')
+          bs_file = bridgesupport_build_path(build_dir)
           if !File.exist?(bs_file) or headers.any? { |h| File.mtime(h) > File.mtime(bs_file) }
             FileUtils.mkdir_p File.dirname(bs_file)
             bs_cflags = (opts.delete(:bridgesupport_cflags) or cflags)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ EOS
         end
 
         # Generate the bridgesupport file if we need to.
-        bs_file = File.join(build_dir, File.basename(@path) + '.bridgesupport')
+        bs_file = bridgesupport_build_path(build_dir)
         headers_dir = opts.delete(:headers_dir)
         if headers_dir
           project_dir = File.expand_path(@config.project_dir)
@@ -232,5 +232,16 @@ EOS
       raise "Invalid vendor project type: #{@type}" unless respond_to?(method)
       method
     end
+
+    # First check if an explicit metadata file exists and, if so, write
+    # the new file to that same location. Otherwise fall back to the
+    # platform-specific build dir.
+    def bridgesupport_build_path(build_dir)
+      bs_file = File.basename(@path) + '.bridgesupport'
+      unless File.exist?(bs_file)
+        bs_file = File.join(build_dir, bs_file)
+      end
+      bs_file
+    end
   end
 end; end