diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 204ba32114..57ef2b86a4 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26413-05</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>
     <!-- MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion is assigned at the bottom so it can automatically pick up MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion in an orchestrated build. -->
     <MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26413-05</MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetAppHostPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26413-05</MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetAppHostPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftWin32RegistryPackageVersion>4.5.0-preview3-26413-02</MicrosoftWin32RegistryPackageVersion>
     <NuGetFrameworksPackageVersion>4.7.0-preview4.5065</NuGetFrameworksPackageVersion>
     <SystemBuffersPackageVersion>4.5.0-preview3-26413-02</SystemBuffersPackageVersion>
diff --git a/build/external-dependencies.props b/build/external-dependencies.props
index 10a465b964..c45828c525 100644
--- a/build/external-dependencies.props
+++ b/build/external-dependencies.props
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
     <ExternalDependency Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildTasksCorePackageVersion)" />
     <ExternalDependency Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCorePackageVersion)" />
 
+    <!-- Microsoft.NetCore.DotNetAppHost for global tools-->
+    <ExternalDependency Include="Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost" Version="$(MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetAppHostPackageVersion)" Private="true" />
+
     <!-- Razor uses a custom version of roslyn packages -->
     <ExternalDependency Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCommonPackageVersion)" />
     <ExternalDependency Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="$(VSIX_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCommonPackageVersion)" Private="true" VariableName="VSIX_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCommonPackageVersion" />