diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index b05fa4fafe..35969e68ab 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="version.props" />
+  
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Product>Microsoft ASP.NET Core Blazor</Product>
+    <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/aspnet/blazor</RepositoryUrl>
+    <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+    <RepositoryRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepositoryRoot>
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RazorPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview2-30159</RazorPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c6783378e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.props
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <IsFinalBuild>false</IsFinalBuild>
+    <VersionPrefix>0.0.5</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionSuffix>preview1</VersionSuffix>
+    <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</PackageVersion>
+    <BuildNumber Condition="'$(BuildNumber)' == ''">t000</BuildNumber>
+    <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>