diff --git a/build/hostingstartup.targets b/build/hostingstartup.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daa345738e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/hostingstartup.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<Project>
+  <Target Name="PackTaskDependencies" BeforeTargets="GenerateNuspec">
+      <ItemGroup>
+        <_PackageFiles Include="$(ProjectDepsFilePath)">
+          <PackagePath>lib\$(TargetFramework)</PackagePath>
+          <Visible>false</Visible>
+          <BuildAction>Content</BuildAction>
+        </_PackageFiles>
+      </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample.csproj b/sample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample.csproj
index caa607e779..a9e5db01c2 100644
--- a/sample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample.csproj
+++ b/sample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample/AzureAppServicesHostingStartupSample.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);portable-net40+sl5+win8+wp8+wpa81;portable-net45+win8+wp8+wpa81</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/ApplicationInsightsStartupLoader.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/ApplicationInsightsStartupLoader.cs
index 6a1b5b413b..8b1c9c38c4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/ApplicationInsightsStartupLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/ApplicationInsightsStartupLoader.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 
 [assembly: HostingStartup(typeof(Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.ApplicationInsightsHostingStartup))]
 
+// To be able to build as <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+internal class Program { public static void Main() { } }
+
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup
 {
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.csproj
index 4f67f79380..d22e6fc4da 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\hostingstartup.targets" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>ASP.NET Core lightup integration with Application Insights.</Description>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.6</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;ApplicationInsights;Analytics;Telemetry;AppInsights</PackageTags>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/AzureStartupLoader.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/AzureStartupLoader.cs
index 01990240eb..6bc3616701 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/AzureStartupLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/AzureStartupLoader.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 
 [assembly: HostingStartup(typeof(Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup.AzureAppServicesHostingStartup))]
 
+// To be able to build as <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+internal class Program { public static void Main() { } }
+
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup
 {
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup.csproj
index 4ea608c723..bc89ebebfd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AzureAppServices.HostingStartup.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\hostingstartup.targets" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>ASP.NET Core lightup integration with Azure AppServices.</Description>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;azure;appservices</PackageTags>
   </PropertyGroup>