diff --git a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/PublishIISCommand.cs b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/PublishIISCommand.cs
index 05e05f52b4..06c9c34c2b 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/PublishIISCommand.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/PublishIISCommand.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 // 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.IO;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
 {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
             }
 
             var applicationName = Path.ChangeExtension(GetApplicationName(applicationBasePath), "exe");
-            var transformedConfig = WebConfigTransform.Transform(webConfigXml, applicationName);
+            var transformedConfig = WebConfigTransform.Transform(webConfigXml, applicationName, ConfigureForAzure());
 
             using (var f = new FileStream(webConfigPath, FileMode.Create))
             {
@@ -92,5 +93,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
 
             return string.Empty;
         }
+
+        private static bool ConfigureForAzure()
+        {
+            var configureForAzureValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_CONFIGURE_AZURE");
+            return string.Equals(configureForAzureValue, "true", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                string.Equals(configureForAzureValue, "1", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WEBSITE_SITE_NAME"));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/WebConfigTransform.cs b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/WebConfigTransform.cs
index de3df0cebc..75e3cc8714 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-publish-iis/WebConfigTransform.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-publish-iis/WebConfigTransform.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
 {
     public static class WebConfigTransform
     {
-        public static XDocument Transform(XDocument webConfig, string appName)
+        public static XDocument Transform(XDocument webConfig, string appName, bool configureForAzure)
         {
             const string HandlersElementName = "handlers";
             const string httpPlatformElementName = "httpPlatform";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
             var webServerSection = GetOrCreateChild(webConfig.Root, "system.webServer");
 
             TransformHandlers(GetOrCreateChild(webServerSection, HandlersElementName));
-            TransformHttpPlatform(GetOrCreateChild(webServerSection, httpPlatformElementName), appName);
+            TransformHttpPlatform(GetOrCreateChild(webServerSection, httpPlatformElementName), appName, configureForAzure);
 
             // make sure that the httpPlatform element is after handlers element
             var httpPlatformElement = webServerSection.Element(HandlersElementName)
@@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS
             SetAttributeValueIfEmpty(platformHandlerElement, "resourceType", "Unspecified");
         }
 
-        private static void TransformHttpPlatform(XElement httpPlatformElement, string appName)
+        private static void TransformHttpPlatform(XElement httpPlatformElement, string appName, bool configureForAzure)
         {
-            httpPlatformElement.SetAttributeValue("processPath", Path.Combine("..", appName));
+            var appPath = Path.Combine(configureForAzure ? @"%home%\site" : "..", appName);
+            var logPath = Path.Combine(configureForAzure ? @"\\?\%home%\LogFiles" : @"..\logs", "stdout.log");
+
+            httpPlatformElement.SetAttributeValue("processPath", appPath);
             SetAttributeValueIfEmpty(httpPlatformElement, "stdoutLogEnabled", "false");
-            SetAttributeValueIfEmpty(httpPlatformElement, "stdoutLogFile", @"..\logs\stdout.log");
+            SetAttributeValueIfEmpty(httpPlatformElement, "stdoutLogFile", logPath);
             SetAttributeValueIfEmpty(httpPlatformElement, "startupTimeLimit", "3600");
         }
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet-publish-iis.Tests/WebConfigTransformFacts.cs b/test/dotnet-publish-iis.Tests/WebConfigTransformFacts.cs
index d61a5f8623..753c05ad4e 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-publish-iis.Tests/WebConfigTransformFacts.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-publish-iis.Tests/WebConfigTransformFacts.cs
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
         [Fact]
         public void WebConfigTransform_creates_new_config_if_one_does_not_exist()
         {
-            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate, WebConfigTransform.Transform(null, "test.exe")));
+            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate,
+                    WebConfigTransform.Transform(null, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false)));
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void WebConfigTransform_creates_new_config_if_one_has_unexpected_format()
         {
-            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate, WebConfigTransform.Transform(XDocument.Parse("<unexpected />"), "test.exe")));
+            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate,
+                WebConfigTransform.Transform(XDocument.Parse("<unexpected />"), "test.exe", configureForAzure: false)));
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
                 input.Descendants(elementName).Remove();
             }
 
-            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate, WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe")));
+            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate,
+                WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false)));
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
             var input = new XDocument(WebConfigTemplate);
             input.Descendants(elementName).Single().SetAttributeValue(attributeName, attributeValue);
 
-            var output = WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe");
+            var output = WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false);
             Assert.Equal(attributeValue, (string)output.Descendants(elementName).Single().Attribute(attributeName));
         }
 
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
         public void WebConfigTransform_overwrites_processPath()
         {
             var newProcessPath =
-                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(WebConfigTemplate, "app.exe")
+                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(WebConfigTemplate, "app.exe", configureForAzure: false)
                     .Descendants("httpPlatform").Single().Attribute("processPath");
 
             Assert.Equal(@"..\app.exe", newProcessPath);
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
             var input = new XDocument(WebConfigTemplate);
             input.Descendants("add").Single().SetAttributeValue("name", "httpplatformhandler");
 
-            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate, WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe")));
+            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate,
+                WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false)));
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -93,7 +97,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
             input.Descendants("httpPlatform").Single().Add(envVarsElement);
 
             Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(envVarsElement,
-                WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "app.exe").Descendants("httpPlatform").Elements().Single()));
+                WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "app.exe", configureForAzure: false)
+                    .Descendants("httpPlatform").Elements().Single()));
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -104,7 +109,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
 
             Assert.Equal(
                 "false",
-                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe").Descendants().Attributes("stdoutLogEnabled").Single());
+                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false)
+                    .Descendants().Attributes("stdoutLogEnabled").Single());
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -124,7 +130,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
 
             Assert.Equal(
                 @"..\logs\stdout.log",
-                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe").Descendants().Attributes("stdoutLogFile").Single());
+                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false)
+                    .Descendants().Attributes("stdoutLogFile").Single());
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -145,7 +152,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
 
             Assert.Equal(
                 "mylog.txt",
-                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe").Descendants().Attributes("stdoutLogFile").Single());
+                (string)WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false)
+                    .Descendants().Attributes("stdoutLogFile").Single());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WebConfigTransform_correctly_configures_for_Azure()
+        {
+            var input = new XDocument(WebConfigTemplate);
+            input.Descendants("httpPlatform").Attributes().Remove();
+
+            Assert.True(XNode.DeepEquals(
+                XDocument.Parse(@"<httpPlatform processPath=""%home%\site\test.exe"" stdoutLogEnabled=""false""
+                    stdoutLogFile=""\\?\%home%\LogFiles\stdout.log"" startupTimeLimit=""3600""/>").Root,
+                WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: true).Descendants("httpPlatform").Single()));
         }
 
         private bool VerifyMissingElementCreated(params string[] elementNames)
@@ -156,7 +176,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tools.PublishIIS.Tests
                 input.Descendants(elementName).Remove();
             }
 
-            return XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate, WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe"));
+            return XNode.DeepEquals(WebConfigTemplate,
+                WebConfigTransform.Transform(input, "test.exe", configureForAzure: false));
         }
     }
 }
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