diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.props b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.props
index 1d353d4c60..a11f585bef 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.props
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     configure this behaviour.
   -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <RazorCompileOnBuild Condition="'$(RazorCompileOnBuild)'==''">false</RazorCompileOnBuild>
-    <RazorCompileOnPublish Condition="'$(RazorCompileOnPublish)'==''">false</RazorCompileOnPublish>
+    <RazorGenerateDependsOn>RazorResolveGenerateInputs;RazorCoreGenerate</RazorGenerateDependsOn>
+    <RazorCompileDependsOn>RazorGenerate;RazorCoreCompile</RazorCompileDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.targets
index e69efd266a..ee11fbc265 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.targets
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
     Default values for properties that affect Razor MSBuild behavior. 
   -->
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <!--
+      Razor also attaches itself by default to some of the standard .NET targets. Uses these properties to
+      configure this behaviour.
+    -->
+    <RazorCompileOnBuild Condition="'$(RazorCompileOnBuild)'==''">false</RazorCompileOnBuild>
+    <RazorCompileOnPublish Condition="'$(RazorCompileOnPublish)'==''">true</RazorCompileOnPublish>
+
     <!-- Output directory used for generated files -->
     <RazorGenerateOutputPath Condition="'$(RazorGenerateOutputPath)'==''">$(IntermediateOutputPath)Razor\</RazorGenerateOutputPath>
     
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
index 9f06065f8d..8dc75f7bb1 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.Test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 {
     public class PublishIntegrationTest : MSBuildIntegrationTestBase
     {
+        [Fact]
+        [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
+        public async Task Publish_RazorCompileOnPublish_IsDefault()
+        {
+            var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish");
+
+            Assert.BuildPassed(result);
+
+            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.PrecompiledViews.dll");
+            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.PrecompiledViews.pdb");
+
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.PrecompiledViews.dll");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.PrecompiledViews.pdb");
+
+            // By default refs and .cshtml files will not be copied on publish
+            Assert.FileCountEquals(result, 0, Path.Combine(PublishOutputPath, "refs"), "*.dll");
+            Assert.FileCountEquals(result, 0, Path.Combine(PublishOutputPath, "Views"), "*.cshtml");
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
         public async Task Publish_WithRazorCompileOnBuild_PublishesAssembly()