diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index f6ff46e0e0..9e972f282e 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">$(NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion)</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index eeacb33ffc..afedd0e1f6 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     <MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>2.0.0</MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26413-05</MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>15.6.1</MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>
+    <NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion>2.0.1</NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftOwinSecurityCookiesPackageVersion>3.0.1</MicrosoftOwinSecurityCookiesPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftOwinSecurityInteropPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-32233</MicrosoftOwinSecurityInteropPackageVersion>
     <MoqPackageVersion>4.7.49</MoqPackageVersion>