diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props
index 4197d7dd74..f468e9caa7 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/Sdk/Sdk.Razor.StaticAssets.ProjectSystem.props
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
     <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);**\jspm_packages\**;jspm_packages\**</DefaultItemExcludes>
     <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);**\bower_components\**;bower_components\**</DefaultItemExcludes>
     <DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes);wwwroot\**</DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>
+    <DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes);**\launchSettings.json</DefaultWebContentItemExcludes>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true' And '$(EnableDefaultContentItems)' == 'true' ">
     <!-- Publish everything under wwwroot, all JSON files, all config files and all Razor files -->
-    <Content Include="wwwroot\**" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder)" />
-    <Content Include="**\*.config" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
-    <Content Include="**\*.json" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
+    <Content Include="wwwroot\**" ExcludeFromSingleFile="true" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder)" />
+    <Content Include="**\*.config" ExcludeFromSingleFile="true" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
+    <Content Include="**\*.json" ExcludeFromSingleFile="true" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
 
     <!-- Set CopyToPublishDirectory to Never for items under AppDesignerFolder ("Properties", by default) to avoid publishing launchSettings.json -->
     <Content Update="$(AppDesignerFolder)\**" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" Condition="'$(AppDesignerFolder)' != ''"/>   
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.props b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.props
index ca4dc883af..b7d17b206b 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.props
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.props
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true' And '$(EnableDefaultContentItems)' == 'true'">
-    <Content Include="**\*.cshtml" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
-    <Content Include="**\*.razor" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
+    <Content Include="**\*.cshtml" ExcludeFromSingleFile="true" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
+    <Content Include="**\*.razor" ExcludeFromSingleFile="true" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
     <None Remove="**\*.cshtml" />
     <None Remove="**\*.razor" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
index ef50fffce3..b33a6b0c71 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/test/IntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
 
         [Fact]
         [InitializeTestProject("SimpleMvc")]
-        public async Task Publish_PublishesAssembly()
+        public async Task Publish_PublishesAssemblyAndContent()
         {
             var result = await DotnetMSBuild("Publish");
 
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design.IntegrationTests
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.pdb");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "appsettings.json");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, OutputPath, "appsettings.Development.json");
+            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, OutputPath, Path.Combine("Properties", "launchSettings.json"));
 
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.pdb");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.dll");
             Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "SimpleMvc.Views.pdb");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "appsettings.json");
+            Assert.FileExists(result, PublishOutputPath, "appsettings.Development.json");
+            Assert.FileDoesNotExist(result, PublishOutputPath, Path.Combine("Properties", "launchSettings.json"));
 
             // By default refs and .cshtml files will not be copied on publish
             Assert.FileCountEquals(result, 0, Path.Combine(PublishOutputPath, "refs"), "*.dll");
diff --git a/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/Properties/launchSettings.json b/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/Properties/launchSettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..386e239170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "iisSettings": {
+    "windowsAuthentication": false, 
+    "anonymousAuthentication": true, 
+    "iisExpress": {
+      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:55451",
+      "sslPort": 44333
+    }
+  },
+  "profiles": {
+    "IIS Express": {
+      "commandName": "IISExpress",
+      "launchBrowser": true,
+      "environmentVariables": {
+        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
+      }
+    },
+    "SimpleMvc": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "launchBrowser": true,
+      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:5001;http://localhost:5000",
+      "environmentVariables": {
+        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/appsettings.Development.json b/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/appsettings.Development.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e203e9407e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Debug",
+      "System": "Information",
+      "Microsoft": "Information"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/appsettings.json b/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/appsettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9d9a9bff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Razor/test/testassets/SimpleMvc/appsettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft": "Warning",
+      "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information"
+    }
+  },
+  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+}