diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index bcfd221f4f..67065031f3 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <Product>Microsoft ASP.NET Core</Product>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/aspnet/DataProtection</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+    <RepositoryRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepositoryRoot>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)build\Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>