diff --git a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.es-ES.resx b/samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.es-ES.resx
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.es-ES.resx
rename to samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.es-ES.resx
diff --git a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.fr-FR.resx b/samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.fr-FR.resx
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.fr-FR.resx
rename to samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.fr-FR.resx
diff --git a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.ja-JP.resx b/samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.ja-JP.resx
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.ja-JP.resx
rename to samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.ja-JP.resx
diff --git a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.zh-CN.resx b/samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.zh-CN.resx
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.zh-CN.resx
rename to samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.zh-CN.resx
diff --git a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.zh.resx b/samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.zh.resx
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.zh.resx
rename to samples/LocalizationSample/My/Resources/Startup.zh.resx
diff --git a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs b/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs
index 384c0c7f0f..265ddce62c 100644
--- a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace LocalizationSample
     {
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.AddLocalization();
+            services.AddLocalization(options => options.ResourcesPath = "My/Resources");
         }
 
         public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IStringLocalizer<Startup> SR)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationOptions.cs
index f1da826d83..211e9622a4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationOptions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization
         /// <summary>
         /// The relative path under application root where resource files are located.
         /// </summary>
-        public string ResourcesPath { get; set; }
+        public string ResourcesPath { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 543a985cda..6b6f86d866 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection
             {
                 services.Configure(setupAction);
             }
-
+            services.AddOptions();
             return services;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizerFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizerFactory.cs
index 49c7d12c56..b299823b26 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Framework.Localization/ResourceManagerStringLocalizerFactory.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information. 
 
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Resources;
 using Microsoft.Dnx.Runtime;
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization
             _resourcesRelativePath = localizationOptions.Value.ResourcesPath ?? string.Empty;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_resourcesRelativePath))
             {
-                _resourcesRelativePath = _resourcesRelativePath.Replace("/", ".") + ".";
+                _resourcesRelativePath = _resourcesRelativePath.Replace(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar, '.')
+                    .Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, '.') + ".";
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Tests/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensionsTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Tests/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensionsTest.cs
index 213077e992..c8b10bc8b4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Tests/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensionsTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Tests/LocalizationServiceCollectionExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Test
 
             // Assert
             var services = collection.ToList();
-            Assert.Equal(2, services.Count);
+            Assert.Equal(3, services.Count);
 
             Assert.Equal(typeof(IStringLocalizerFactory), services[0].ServiceType);
             Assert.Equal(typeof(ResourceManagerStringLocalizerFactory), services[0].ImplementationType);
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Test
             Assert.Equal(typeof(IStringLocalizer<>), services[1].ServiceType);
             Assert.Equal(typeof(StringLocalizer<>), services[1].ImplementationType);
             Assert.Equal(ServiceLifetime.Transient, services[1].Lifetime);
+
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(IOptions<>), services[2].ServiceType);
+            Assert.Equal(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, services[2].Lifetime);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Test
 
             // Assert
             var services = collection.ToList();
-            Assert.Equal(3, services.Count);
+            Assert.Equal(4, services.Count);
 
             Assert.Equal(typeof(IStringLocalizerFactory), services[0].ServiceType);
             Assert.Equal(typeof(ResourceManagerStringLocalizerFactory), services[0].ImplementationType);
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.Localization.Test
 
             Assert.Equal(typeof(IConfigureOptions<LocalizationOptions>), services[2].ServiceType);
             Assert.Equal(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, services[2].Lifetime);
+
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(IOptions<>), services[3].ServiceType);
+            Assert.Equal(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, services[3].Lifetime);
         }
     }
 }