diff --git a/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTime.H b/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTime.H
index 1de058cfa5..ef0da13058 100644
--- a/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTime.H
+++ b/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTime.H
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2020 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2021 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public:
         (
             const word& name,
             const fileName& rootPath,
+            const fileName& globalCaseName,
             const fileName& caseName,
             const fileName& systemName = "system",
             const fileName& constantName = "constant",
diff --git a/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTimeNew.C b/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTimeNew.C
index 8d94e04415..4ffd01e7f0 100644
--- a/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTimeNew.C
+++ b/src/engine/engineTime/engineTime/engineTimeNew.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2018 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2021 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ Foam::autoPtr<Foam::engineTime> Foam::engineTime::New
 (
     const word& name,
     const fileName& rootPath,
+    const fileName& globalCaseName,
     const fileName& caseName,
     const fileName& systemName,
     const fileName& constantName,
     const fileName& dictName
 )
 {
-    IFstream engineDictFile("."/constantName/dictName);
+    IFstream engineDictFile(rootPath/globalCaseName/constantName/dictName);
 
     dictionary engineDict(engineDictFile);
 
diff --git a/src/engine/include/createEngineTime.H b/src/engine/include/createEngineTime.H
index 54a5c1b0d1..256dd36c02 100644
--- a/src/engine/include/createEngineTime.H
+++ b/src/engine/include/createEngineTime.H
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ autoPtr<engineTime> runTimePtr
     (
         Time::controlDictName,
         args.rootPath(),
+        args.globalCaseName(),
         args.caseName()
     )
 );