diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/DefaultRazorTemplateEngineFactoryService.cs b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/DefaultRazorTemplateEngineFactoryService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f24dc2f1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/DefaultRazorTemplateEngineFactoryService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Evolution;
+
+namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor
+{
+    [Export(typeof(RazorTemplateEngineFactoryService))]
+    internal class DefaultRazorTemplateEngineFactoryService : RazorTemplateEngineFactoryService
+    {
+        public override RazorTemplateEngine Create(string projectPath, Action<IRazorEngineBuilder> configure)
+        {
+            if (projectPath == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(projectPath));
+            }
+
+            var engine = RazorEngine.CreateDesignTime(b =>
+            {
+                configure?.Invoke(b);
+
+                // For now we're hardcoded to use MVC's extensibility.
+                RazorExtensions.Register(b);
+            });
+
+            var templateEngine = new MvcRazorTemplateEngine(engine, new FileSystemRazorProject(projectPath));
+            templateEngine.Options.ImportsFileName = "_ViewImports.cshtml";
+            return templateEngine;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj
index 67a3d5daf5..9f022f5ce2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="8.0.3" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Workspaces\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Workspaces.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Evolution\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Evolution.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/RazorTemplateEngineFactoryService.cs b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/RazorTemplateEngineFactoryService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68b1a683a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/RazorTemplateEngineFactoryService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Evolution;
+
+namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor
+{
+    public abstract class RazorTemplateEngineFactoryService
+    {
+        public abstract RazorTemplateEngine Create(string projectPath, Action<IRazorEngineBuilder> configure);
+    }
+}