diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efef81553b..719b4f50e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ PublishProfiles/
 *DS_Store
 *.ncrunchsolution
 *.log
-*.vspx
\ No newline at end of file
+*.vspx
+/.symbols
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices.csproj b/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices.csproj
index 9d819b6622..1d50d51d5e 100644
--- a/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices.csproj
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices.csproj
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ServiceProviderExtensions.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="project.json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices/project.json b/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f0248e6cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [],
+  "configurations": [
+    { "net45": {} }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj
index bb88882bcb..f2ba7b00ad 100644
--- a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <Content Include="project.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices\Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices.csproj">
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/project.json b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..876e410925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [
+    { "Owin": { "version": "1.0" } },
+    { "Newtonsoft.Json": { "version": "4.5.11" } },
+    { "Microsoft.Owin": { "version": "2.0.2" } },
+    { "Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client": { "version": "5.0.0" } },
+    { "Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices" : { } }
+  ],
+  "configurations": [
+    { "net45": { 
+        "dependencies": [ 
+            { "System.Net.Http" : { } }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MvcSample/MvcSample.csproj b/MvcSample/MvcSample.csproj
index 161abff845..557f31b484 100644
--- a/MvcSample/MvcSample.csproj
+++ b/MvcSample/MvcSample.csproj
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="web.config" />
+    <Content Include="project.json" />
     <None Include="web.Debug.config">
       <DependentUpon>web.config</DependentUpon>
     </None>
diff --git a/MvcSample/project.json b/MvcSample/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ec4b1ed49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MvcSample/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [
+    { "Owin": { "version": "1.0" } },
+    { "Microsoft.Owin.Diagnostics": { "version": "2.0.2" } },
+    { "Microsoft.Owin": { "version": "2.0.2" } },
+    { "Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc": { "version": "" } },
+  ],
+  "configurations": [
+    { "net45": { 
+        "dependencies": [ 
+            { "System.Net.Http" : { } }
+        ] }
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file