diff --git a/build/PackageArchive.targets b/build/PackageArchive.targets
index a5f9c15ab6..a78b6c6408 100644
--- a/build/PackageArchive.targets
+++ b/build/PackageArchive.targets
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
       BuildArtifacts="@(ArtifactInfo)"
       PackageArtifacts="@(PackageArtifact)"
       ExternalDependencies="@(ExternalDependency)"
-      RemoveTimestamp="$(RemoveTimestamp)" />
+      RemoveTimestamp="$(RemoveTimestamp)"
+      MetapackageVersion="$(MetapackageVersion)" />
 
     <PropertyGroup>
       <FallbackStagingDir>$(_WorkRoot)obj\$(OutputPackageName)</FallbackStagingDir>
@@ -69,10 +70,10 @@
     <MSBuild
       Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"
       Targets="_BuildFallbackArchive"
-      Properties="DotNetRestoreSources=$(TimestampSource);OutputPackageName=$(TimestampOutputPackageName);RemoveTimestamp=false" />
+      Properties="DotNetRestoreSources=$(TimestampSource);OutputPackageName=$(TimestampOutputPackageName);RemoveTimestamp=false;MetapackageVersion=$(TimeStampVersion)" />
     <MSBuild
       Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"
       Targets="_BuildFallbackArchive"
-      Properties="DotNetRestoreSources=$(TimestampFreeSource);OutputPackageName=$(TimestampFreeOutputPackageName);RemoveTimestamp=true" />
+      Properties="DotNetRestoreSources=$(TimestampFreeSource);OutputPackageName=$(TimestampFreeOutputPackageName);RemoveTimestamp=true;MetapackageVersion=$(TimeStampFreeVersion)" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/tasks/AddArchiveReferences.cs b/build/tasks/AddArchiveReferences.cs
index 9ad3c815dc..8bc770b694 100644
--- a/build/tasks/AddArchiveReferences.cs
+++ b/build/tasks/AddArchiveReferences.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ namespace RepoTasks
         [Required]
         public string ReferencePackagePath { get; set; }
 
+        [Required]
+        public string MetaPackageVersion { get; set; }
+
         [Required]
         public bool RemoveTimestamp { get; set; }
 
@@ -52,9 +55,11 @@ namespace RepoTasks
             foreach (var package in archiveArtifacts)
             {
                 var packageName = package.ItemSpec;
-                var packageVersion = buildArtifacts
-                    .Single(p => string.Equals(p.PackageInfo.Id, packageName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                    .PackageInfo.Version.ToString();
+                var packageVersion = string.Equals(packageName, "Microsoft.AspNetCore.All", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ?
+                    MetaPackageVersion :
+                    buildArtifacts
+                        .Single(p => string.Equals(p.PackageInfo.Id, packageName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        .PackageInfo.Version.ToString();
 
                 if (RemoveTimestamp)
                 {