diff --git a/eng/Workarounds.targets b/eng/Workarounds.targets
index 2b6d4c48d5..35e2d7262e 100644
--- a/eng/Workarounds.targets
+++ b/eng/Workarounds.targets
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Workaround when there is no vNext SDK available, copy known apphost/framework reference info from 3.0 -->
+    <KnownAppHostPack 
+      Include="@(KnownAppHostPack->WithMetadataValue('TargetFramework', 'netcoreapp3.0'))"
+      TargetFramework="$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)"
+      Condition="!(@(KnownAppHostPack->AnyHaveMetadataValue('TargetFramework', '$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)')))"
+      />
     <KnownFrameworkReference
       Include="@(KnownFrameworkReference->WithMetadataValue('TargetFramework', 'netcoreapp3.0'))"
       TargetFramework="$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)"