diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj
index 3040b847c7..d52ebe5026 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/ProjectTemplates.Tests.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <TestGroupName>ProjectTemplates.E2ETests</TestGroupName>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);XPLAT</DefineConstants>
 
-    <RunTemplateTests>true</RunTemplateTests>
+    <RunTemplateTests Condition="'$(RunTemplateTests)' == ''" >true</RunTemplateTests>
     <SkipTests Condition="'$(RunTemplateTests)' != 'true'">true</SkipTests>
     <!-- https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore/issues/6857 -->
     <BuildHelixPayload>false</BuildHelixPayload>