diff --git a/src/Installers/Debian/TargetingPack/debian_config.json.in b/src/Installers/Debian/TargetingPack/debian_config.json.in
index 0b795daa80..ff3b1cb6d7 100644
--- a/src/Installers/Debian/TargetingPack/debian_config.json.in
+++ b/src/Installers/Debian/TargetingPack/debian_config.json.in
@@ -26,5 +26,11 @@
   "license": {
     "type": "${PackageLicenseType}",
     "full_text": "Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.\n\nLicensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\"); you may not use\nthese files except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the\nLicense at\n\nhttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n\nUnless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed\nunder the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR\nCONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the\nspecific language governing permissions and limitations under the License."
+  },
+
+  "debian_dependencies": {
+    "dotnet-targeting-pack-${AspNetCoreMajorVersion}.${AspNetCoreMinorVersion}": {
+      "package_version": "${DotnetRuntimeDependencyVersion}"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Installers/Rpm/TargetingPack/Rpm.TargetingPack.rpmproj b/src/Installers/Rpm/TargetingPack/Rpm.TargetingPack.rpmproj
index 16fc7ecb7d..2ef50e8c63 100644
--- a/src/Installers/Rpm/TargetingPack/Rpm.TargetingPack.rpmproj
+++ b/src/Installers/Rpm/TargetingPack/Rpm.TargetingPack.rpmproj
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     </ProjectReference>
 
     <InstallerOwnedDirectory Include="$(RpmPackageInstallRoot)packs/$(TargetingPackName)/" />
+    <RpmDependency Include="dotnet-targeting-pack-$(AspNetCoreMajorVersion).$(AspNetCoreMinorVersion)" Version="$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion.Split('-')[0])" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Common.targets" />