diff --git a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.cmd b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.cmd
index 1eed668ab9..6316ea21a9 100644
--- a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.cmd
+++ b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.cmd
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ IF "%KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL%"=="" (
     SET KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL=beta
 )
 
+IF "%KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION%"=="" (
+    SET KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION=1.0.0.001248
+)
+
 IF NOT EXIST Sake  (
     "%NUGET_PATH%" install Sake -ExcludeVersion -Source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -o %~dp0
 )
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ IF "%KOREBUILD_SKIP_RUNTIME_INSTALL%"=="1" (
 SET DOTNET_LOCAL_INSTALL_FOLDER=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\dotnet\cli
 SET DOTNET_LOCAL_INSTALL_FOLDER_BIN=%DOTNET_LOCAL_INSTALL_FOLDER%\bin
 
-CALL %~dp0dotnet-install.cmd -Channel %KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL%
+CALL %~dp0dotnet-install.cmd -Channel %KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL% -Version %KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION%
 
 ECHO Adding %DOTNET_LOCAL_INSTALL_FOLDER_BIN% to PATH
 SET PATH=%DOTNET_LOCAL_INSTALL_FOLDER_BIN%;%PATH%
diff --git a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.sh b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.sh
index 8761b29f8e..9b6d0b1aaf 100755
--- a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.sh
+++ b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/KoreBuild.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 [ -z "$KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL" ] && KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL=beta
+[ -z "$KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION" ] && KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION=1.0.0.001248
 
 targets=""
 filename=$0
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ else
     export DOTNET_HOME=$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR/share/dotnet/cli
     export KOREBUILD_FOLDER="$(dirname $thisDir)"
     chmod +x $thisDir/dotnet-install.sh
-    $thisDir/dotnet-install.sh --channel $KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL
+    $thisDir/dotnet-install.sh --channel $KOREBUILD_DOTNET_CHANNEL --version $KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION
     # ==== Temporary ====
     if ! type dnvm > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         source $thisDir/dnvm.sh
diff --git a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.ps1 b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.ps1
index 79980ad8c5..218f06ba14 100644
--- a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.ps1
+++ b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.ps1
@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 #
 
-param([string]$Channel="dev")
-
+param(
+   [string]$Channel="dev",
+   [string]$version="Latest"
+)
 
 $ErrorActionPreference="Stop"
 $ProgressPreference="SilentlyContinue"
 
+$fileVersion = $Version
+if ($fileVersion -eq "Latest") {
+    $fileVersion = "latest"
+}
 $Feed="https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet"
-$DotNetFileName="dotnet-win-x64.latest.zip"
-$DotNetUrl="$Feed/$Channel/Binaries/Latest"
+$DotNetFileName="dotnet-win-x64.$fileVersion.zip"
+$DotNetUrl="$Feed/$Channel/Binaries/$Version"
 
 function say($str)
 {
@@ -34,21 +40,29 @@ if (Test-Path $LocalFile)
     $LocalVersion = $LocalData[1].Trim()
     if ($LocalVersion -and $LocalHash)
     {
-        $RemoteResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "$Feed/$Channel/dnvm/latest.win.version"
-        $RemoteData = @([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($RemoteResponse.Content).Split([char[]]@(), [StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries));
-        $RemoteHash = $RemoteData[0].Trim()
-        $RemoteVersion = $RemoteData[1].Trim()
-
-        if (!$RemoteVersion -or !$RemoteHash) {
-            throw "Invalid response from feed"
-        }
-
-        say "Latest version: $RemoteVersion"
-        say "Local Version: $LocalVersion"
-
-        if($LocalHash -eq $RemoteHash)
+        if ($Version -eq "Latest")
         {
-            say "You already have the latest version"
+            $RemoteResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "$Feed/$Channel/dnvm/latest.win.version"
+            $RemoteData = @([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($RemoteResponse.Content).Split([char[]]@(), [StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries));
+            $RemoteHash = $RemoteData[0].Trim()
+            $RemoteVersion = $RemoteData[1].Trim()
+
+            if (!$RemoteVersion -or !$RemoteHash) {
+                throw "Invalid response from feed"
+            }
+
+            say "Latest version: $RemoteVersion"
+            say "Local Version: $LocalVersion"
+
+            if($LocalHash -eq $RemoteHash)
+            {
+                say "You already have the latest version"
+                exit 0
+            }
+        }
+        elseif ($LocalVersion -eq $Version)
+        {
+            say "$Version is already installed."
             exit 0
         }
     }
diff --git a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.sh b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.sh
index 38ad35240d..f38bd0ce19 100755
--- a/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.sh
+++ b/KoreBuild-dotnet/build/dotnet-install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-#
 # Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 #
@@ -162,10 +160,17 @@ install_dotnet()
         say_err "Ending install due to missing pre-reqs"
         return 1;
     fi
+
+    if [ "$VERSION" == "Latest" ]; then
+      local fileVersion=latest
+    else
+      local fileVersion=$VERSION
+    fi
+
     local os=$(current_os)
     local installLocation="$PREFIX/share/dotnet"
-    local dotnet_url="https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/$CHANNEL/Binaries/Latest"
-    local dotnet_filename="dotnet-$os-x64.latest.tar.gz"
+    local dotnet_url="https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/$CHANNEL/Binaries/$VERSION"
+    local dotnet_filename="dotnet-$os-x64.$fileVersion.tar.gz"
 
     if [ "$RELINK" = "0" ]; then
         if [ "$FORCE" = "0" ]; then
@@ -288,5 +293,6 @@ elif [ -z "$PREFIX" ]; then
 fi
 
 [ -z "$CHANNEL" ] && CHANNEL="dev"
+[ -z "$VERSION" ] && VERSION="Latest"
 
 install_dotnet