diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index 894b1d0cf8..53b3f6e1da 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">$(NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion)</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index f790c15193..1ece8c067a 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     <MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26413-05</MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNetHttpHeadersPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-32233</MicrosoftNetHttpHeadersPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>15.6.1</MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>
+    <NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion>2.0.1</NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion>
     <SerilogExtensionsLoggingPackageVersion>1.4.0</SerilogExtensionsLoggingPackageVersion>
     <SerilogSinksFilePackageVersion>3.2.0</SerilogSinksFilePackageVersion>
     <XunitPackageVersion>2.3.1</XunitPackageVersion>