diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets
index c983e22705..7d8b3c22ab 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/src/build/netstandard2.0/Sdk.Razor.CurrentVersion.targets
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV>$(TargetFrameworkVersion.TrimStart('vV'))</_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV>
 
+    <!-- Workaround for an older build of DesignTime.targets that requires this property to be available. This can be removed after 16.1 preview 2 insertion -->
+    <_TargetingNETCoreApp30OrLater Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' &gt; '2.9'">true</_TargetingNETCoreApp30OrLater>
+
     <!--
       Infer the RazorLangVersion if no value was specified. When adding support for newer target frameworks, list newer language versions first.
     -->