diff --git a/build/RepositoryBuild.targets b/build/RepositoryBuild.targets
index d02f9ca9ae..faaf0a0799 100644
--- a/build/RepositoryBuild.targets
+++ b/build/RepositoryBuild.targets
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <BatchBuilds Condition="$(BuildInParallel) AND '$(CompileOnly)'=='true'">true</BatchBuilds>
+      <BatchBuilds Condition="$(BuildInParallel) AND '$(SkipTests)'=='true'">true</BatchBuilds>
       <BatchBuilds Condition="'$(BatchBuilds)'==''">false</BatchBuilds>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/build/Signing.targets b/build/Signing.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a586d6be68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Signing.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+  <Target Name="Sign">
+    <!-- We only support 'public' signing for now, which for us just means building our assemblies using our public strong-name key...which we do by default anyways. -->
+    <Error Text="SignType '$(SignType)' is not yet supported on this repo." Condition="'$(SignType)' != 'public'" />
+  </Target>
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/repo.props b/build/repo.props
index 180925e696..45a74537b4 100644
--- a/build/repo.props
+++ b/build/repo.props
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This repo does not have solutions to build -->
     <DisableDefaultTargets>true</DisableDefaultTargets>
+
+    <SignType Condition=" '$(SignType)' == '' ">public</SignType>
+
+    <SkipTests>false</SkipTests>
+    <SkipTests Condition="'$(CompileOnly)' == 'true'">true</SkipTests>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="artifacts.props" />
diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index c589d313c8..65d5b5cdf4 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="RuntimeStoreInstaller.targets" />
   <Import Project="PackageArchive.targets" />
   <Import Project="Templating.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Signing.targets" />
   <Import Project="push.targets" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
     <_DependencyBuildDirectory>$(RepositoryRoot).deps\build\</_DependencyBuildDirectory>
     <_DependencyPackagesDirectory>$(_DependencyBuildDirectory)</_DependencyPackagesDirectory>
 
-    <_RepositoryBuildTargets Condition="'$(_RepositoryBuildTargets)'=='' AND '$(CompileOnly)'=='true'">/t:Package /t:VerifyPackages</_RepositoryBuildTargets>
+    <_RepositoryBuildTargets Condition="'$(_RepositoryBuildTargets)'=='' AND '$(SkipTests)'=='true'">/t:Package /t:VerifyPackages</_RepositoryBuildTargets>
     <_RepositoryBuildTargets Condition="'$(_RepositoryBuildTargets)'==''">/t:Build</_RepositoryBuildTargets>
     <!-- For external packages that come from feeds will mirrored to aspnetcore feeds. -->
     <IntermediateMirrorPackageDir>$(IntermediateDir)mirror\</IntermediateMirrorPackageDir>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
     <CleanDependsOn>$(CleanDependsOn);CleanArtifacts;CleanUniverseArtifacts</CleanDependsOn>
     <RestoreDependsOn>$(RestoreDependsOn);RestoreExternalDependencies</RestoreDependsOn>
     <CompileDependsOn>$(CompileDependsOn);BuildRepositories</CompileDependsOn>
-    <PackageDependsOn Condition="'$(TestOnly)' != 'true'">$(PackageDependsOn);BuildAllMetapackage;BuildTemplates;SplitPackages</PackageDependsOn>
+    <PackageDependsOn Condition="'$(TestOnly)' != 'true'">$(PackageDependsOn);BuildAllMetapackage;BuildTemplates;SplitPackages;Sign</PackageDependsOn>
     <VerifyDependsOn Condition="'$(TestOnly)' != 'true'">$(VerifyDependsOn);VerifyCoherentVersions</VerifyDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>