diff --git a/eng/helix/content/default.runner.json b/eng/helix/content/default.runner.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfb6dacb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/helix/content/default.runner.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "longRunningTestSeconds": 60,
+  "diagnosticMessages": true,
+  "maxParallelThreads": -1
+}
diff --git a/eng/helix/content/runtests.cmd b/eng/helix/content/runtests.cmd
index f119653782..ce069ddcd6 100644
--- a/eng/helix/content/runtests.cmd
+++ b/eng/helix/content/runtests.cmd
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ echo "Checking for Microsoft.AspNetCore.App"
 if EXIST ".\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" (
     echo "Found Microsoft.AspNetCore.App, copying to %DOTNET_ROOT%\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App\%runtimeVersion%"
     xcopy /i /y ".\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" %DOTNET_ROOT%\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App\%runtimeVersion%\
-    
+
     echo "Adding current directory to nuget sources: %HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT%"
     dotnet nuget add source %HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT%
     dotnet nuget add source https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5/nuget/v3/index.json
     dotnet nuget list source
     dotnet tool install dotnet-ef --global --version %$efVersion%
-    
+
     set PATH=!PATH!;%DOTNET_CLI_HOME%\.dotnet\tools
 )
 
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ echo Creating nuget restore directory: %NUGET_RESTORE%
 mkdir %NUGET_RESTORE%
 mkdir logs
 
+REM "Rename default.runner.json to xunit.runner.json if there is not a custom one from the project"
+if not EXIST ".\xunit.runner.json" (
+    copy default.runner.json xunit.runner.json
+)
+
 dir
 
 %DOTNET_ROOT%\dotnet vstest %$target% -lt >discovered.txt
diff --git a/eng/helix/content/runtests.sh b/eng/helix/content/runtests.sh
index 2d3b9d8ad0..9ff0133e34 100644
--- a/eng/helix/content/runtests.sh
+++ b/eng/helix/content/runtests.sh
@@ -98,17 +98,22 @@ if [ -d "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" ]
 then
     echo "Found Microsoft.AspNetCore.App directory, copying to $DOTNET_ROOT/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/$dotnet_runtime_version."
     cp -r Microsoft.AspNetCore.App $DOTNET_ROOT/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/$dotnet_runtime_version
-    
+
     echo "Adding current directory to nuget sources: $DIR"
     dotnet nuget add source $DIR
     dotnet nuget add source https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5/nuget/v3/index.json
     dotnet nuget list source
-    
+
     dotnet tool install dotnet-ef --global --version $efVersion
-    
+
     # Ensure tools are on on PATH
     export PATH="$PATH:$DOTNET_CLI_HOME/.dotnet/tools"
-    
+fi
+
+# Rename default.runner.json to xunit.runner.json if there is not a custom one from the project
+if [ ! -f "xunit.runner.json" ]
+then
+    cp default.runner.json xunit.runner.json
 fi
 
 if [ -e /proc/self/coredump_filter ]; then
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Directory.Build.props b/src/ProjectTemplates/Directory.Build.props
index c12abcf463..c97ca68bd0 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Directory.Build.props
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="TemplateProjects.props" Condition="'$(IsTestProject)' != 'true' AND '$(IsTestAssetProject)' != 'true'" />
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsTestProject)' == 'true'">
+    <Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)xunit.runner.json" Link="xunit.runner.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/xunit.runner.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/xunit.runner.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfb6dacb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/xunit.runner.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "longRunningTestSeconds": 60,
+  "diagnosticMessages": true,
+  "maxParallelThreads": -1
+}
diff --git a/src/SignalR/xunit.runner.json b/src/SignalR/xunit.runner.json
index d25ea9035a..221b37e42d 100644
--- a/src/SignalR/xunit.runner.json
+++ b/src/SignalR/xunit.runner.json
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
   "longRunningTestSeconds": 30,
   "diagnosticMessages": true,
   "maxParallelThreads": -1
-}
+}
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