diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e531e6106f..428ac931f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ bin/
 obj/
 *.user
 launchSettings.json
+artifacts/
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 35969e68ab..4b4779e49e 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
     <RepositoryRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepositoryRoot>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+    <PackageOutputPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)artifacts\build</PackageOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>