diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index 894b1d0cf8..53b3f6e1da 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">$(NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion)</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index e8bb766c67..6d2ff44300 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>2.0.0</MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>2.1.0-preview3-26413-05</MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>15.6.1</MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>
+    <NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion>2.0.1</NETStandardLibrary20PackageVersion>
     <MoqPackageVersion>4.7.49</MoqPackageVersion>
     <XunitPackageVersion>2.3.1</XunitPackageVersion>
     <XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>2.4.0-beta.1.build3945</XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>