diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index d8f1db62cd..5d5f288682 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="build\dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="build\dependencies.targets" />
   <Import Project="build\dependencies.g.targets" Condition="Exists('build\dependencies.g.targets') AND '$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'" />
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index 5eff58a334..84652c8d8d 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index c6bc8a028c..71116da72a 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@
     <XunitVersion>2.3.0-beta2-build3683</XunitVersion>
     <XunitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>2.3.0-beta2-build1317</XunitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$(DotNetPackageVersionPropsPath)" Condition=" '$(DotNetPackageVersionPropsPath)' != '' " />
 </Project>