diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/common.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/common.targets
index 9eb5b3f030..c303e709f5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/common.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/common.targets
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_MvcRazorOutputPath Condition="'$(MvcRazorOutputPath)'!=''">$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash('$(MvcRazorOutputPath)'))</_MvcRazorOutputPath>
     <_MvcRazorOutputPath Condition="'$(_MvcRazorOutputPath)'==''">$(IntermediateOutputPath)</_MvcRazorOutputPath>
-    <_MvcRazorOutputFullPath>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(_MvcRazorOutputPath)')), '$(MSBuildProjectName).PrecompiledViews.dll'))</_MvcRazorOutputFullPath>
+    <_MvcRazorOutputFullPath>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(_MvcRazorOutputPath), '$(MSBuildProjectName).PrecompiledViews.dll'))</_MvcRazorOutputFullPath>
     <_MvcRazorResponseFilePath>$(IntermediateOutputPath)microsoft.aspnetcore.mvc.razor.viewcompilation.rsp</_MvcRazorResponseFilePath>
 
     <MvcRazorContentRoot Condition="'$(MvcRazorContentRoot)'==''">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)</MvcRazorContentRoot>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
index 84f8b9c78b..131edb069b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\common.targets" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <MvcRazorRunCommand Condition="'$(MvcRazorRunCommand)'==''">$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName).exe</MvcRazorRunCommand>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <Target
       Name="MvcRazorPrecompile"
       Inputs="$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath);@(_MvcRazorContentFiles);@(IntermediateAssembly);@(DocFileItem);@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath);@(ReferencePath);$(MSBuildAllProjects);"
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@
         <Destination>$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName).exe.config</Destination>
       </FilesToCopy>
       <FilesToCopy Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(MSBuildThisFileName).exe">
-        <Destination>$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName).exe</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MvcRazorRunCommand)</Destination>
       </FilesToCopy>
     </ItemGroup>
 
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@
       Importance="Low" />
 
     <Exec 
-      Command="$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName).exe @&quot;$(_MvcRazorResponseFilePath)&quot;" 
+      Command="$(MvcRazorRunCommand) @&quot;$(_MvcRazorResponseFilePath)&quot;"
       WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)"/>
 
     <Message
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netcoreapp1.1/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netcoreapp1.1/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
index ef0b15f8d0..081a517bc9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netcoreapp1.1/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netcoreapp1.1/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\common.targets" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <MvcRazorRunCommand>dotnet</MvcRazorRunCommand>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <Target
       Name="MvcRazorPrecompile"
       Inputs="$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath);@(_MvcRazorContentFiles);@(IntermediateAssembly);@(DocFileItem);@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath);@(ReferencePath);$(MSBuildAllProjects)"
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@
       Importance="Low" />
 
     <Exec 
-      Command="dotnet exec $(ExecArgs)" 
+      Command="$(MvcRazorRunCommand) exec $(ExecArgs)"
       WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
 
     <Message