diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/DotNet/DotNetProjectContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/DotNet/DotNetProjectContext.cs
index d28d100515..7de51a2b53 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/DotNet/DotNetProjectContext.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/DotNet/DotNetProjectContext.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel
         public string DepsJson => _paths.RuntimeFiles.DepsJson;
         public string RuntimeConfigJson => _paths.RuntimeFiles.RuntimeConfigJson;
         public string PackagesDirectory => _projectContext.PackagesDirectory;
+        public string PackageLockFile => Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(ProjectFullPath), "project.lock.json");
 
         public string AssemblyFullPath =>
             !IsClassLibrary && (_projectContext.IsPortable || TargetFramework.IsDesktop())
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/IProjectContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/IProjectContext.cs
index 64af21c0db..163c033bcb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/IProjectContext.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/IProjectContext.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel
         string Config { get; }
         string DepsJson { get; }
         string RuntimeConfigJson { get; }
+        string PackageLockFile { get; }
         string PackagesDirectory { get; }
         string TargetDirectory { get; }
         string AssemblyFullPath { get; }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/MsBuild/MsBuildProjectContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/MsBuild/MsBuildProjectContext.cs
index b11c6b48d9..4e9a6f89c0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/MsBuild/MsBuildProjectContext.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel.Sources/MsBuild/MsBuildProjectContext.cs
@@ -54,8 +54,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.ProjectModel
         public string Config => AssemblyFullPath + ".config";
         public string DepsJson => Path.Combine(TargetDirectory, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(AssemblyFullPath) + ".deps.json");
         public string RuntimeConfigJson => Path.Combine(TargetDirectory, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(AssemblyFullPath) + ".runtimeconfig.json");
-
         public string PackagesDirectory => FindProperty("NuGetPackageRoot");
+        public string PackageLockFile
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var restoreOutputPath = FindProperty("RestoreOutputPath");
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(restoreOutputPath))
+                {
+                    restoreOutputPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(ProjectFullPath), "obj");
+                }
+                return Path.Combine(restoreOutputPath, "project.assets.json");
+            }
+        }
         public string AssemblyFullPath => FindProperty("TargetPath");
         public string Platform => FindProperty("Platform");
         public string ProjectFullPath => _project.FullPath;