diff --git a/test/LocalizationWebsite/LocalizationWebsite.csproj b/test/LocalizationWebsite/LocalizationWebsite.csproj
index b1eec2d5d4..082a8c4397 100644
--- a/test/LocalizationWebsite/LocalizationWebsite.csproj
+++ b/test/LocalizationWebsite/LocalizationWebsite.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
diff --git a/test/LocalizationWebsite/Resources/StartupCustomCulturePreserved.en-US.resx b/test/LocalizationWebsite/Resources/StartupCustomCulturePreserved.en-US.resx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e163149384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/LocalizationWebsite/Resources/StartupCustomCulturePreserved.en-US.resx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <data name="Hello" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>We shouldn't get the english hello!</value>
+  </data>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/LocalizationWebsite/StartupResourcesInFolder.cs b/test/LocalizationWebsite/StartupResourcesInFolder.cs
index 52f47ce67b..36cc27e927 100644
--- a/test/LocalizationWebsite/StartupResourcesInFolder.cs
+++ b/test/LocalizationWebsite/StartupResourcesInFolder.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ namespace LocalizationWebsite
             ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
             IStringLocalizerFactory stringLocalizerFactory,
             IStringLocalizer<StartupResourcesInFolder> startupStringLocalizer,
-            IStringLocalizer<Customer> custromerStringLocalizer)
+            IStringLocalizer<Customer> custromerStringLocalizer,
+            // This localizer is used in tests to prevent a regression of https://github.com/aspnet/Localization/issues/293
+            // Namely that english was always being returned if it existed.
+            IStringLocalizer<StartupCustomCulturePreserved> customCultureLocalizer)
         {
             loggerFactory.AddConsole(minLevel: LogLevel.Warning);
 
@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ namespace LocalizationWebsite
                 await context.Response.WriteAsync(stringLocalizer["Hello"]);
                 await context.Response.WriteAsync(" ");
                 await context.Response.WriteAsync(custromerStringLocalizer["Hello"]);
+                await context.Response.WriteAsync(" ");
+                await context.Response.WriteAsync(customCultureLocalizer["Hello"]);
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests/LocalizationTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests/LocalizationTest.cs
index 9e59360854..432abda469 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests/LocalizationTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests/LocalizationTest.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests
                 "http://localhost:5074",
                 "ResourcesInFolder",
                 "fr-FR",
-                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder");
+                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder Hello");
         }
 
         [ConditionalFact]
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests
                 "http://localhost:5075/",
                 "ResourcesInFolder",
                 "fr-FR",
-                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder");
+                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder Hello");
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests
                 "http://localhost:5076",
                 "ResourcesInFolder",
                 "fr-FR-test",
-                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder");
+                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder Hello");
         }
 
         [ConditionalFact]
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests
                 "http://localhost:5077",
                 "ResourcesInFolder",
                 "fr-FR-test",
-                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder");
+                "Bonjour from StartupResourcesInFolder Bonjour from Test in resources folder Bonjour from Customer in resources folder Hello");
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests
                 "http://localhost:5078/",
                 "ResourcesInFolder",
                 "fr-FR-test-again-too-deep-to-work",
-                "Hello Hello Hello");
+                "Hello Hello Hello Hello");
         }
 
         [ConditionalFact]
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.FunctionalTests
                 "http://localhost:5079/",
                 "ResourcesInFolder",
                 "fr-FR-test-again-too-deep-to-work",
-                "Hello Hello Hello");
+                "Hello Hello Hello Hello");
         }
 
         [Fact]