diff --git a/build/KoreBuild.ps1 b/build/KoreBuild.ps1
index e7584cb..c7a8365 100644
--- a/build/KoreBuild.ps1
+++ b/build/KoreBuild.ps1
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ if ($env:KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION)
     $dotnetVersion = $env:KOREBUILD_DOTNET_VERSION
 }
 
-$dotnetLocalInstallFolder = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\dotnet\"
+$dotnetLocalInstallFolder = $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR
+if (!$dotnetLocalInstallFolder)
+{
+    $dotnetLocalInstallFolder = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\dotnet\"
+}
 $newPath = "$dotnetLocalInstallFolder;$env:PATH"
 if ($env:KOREBUILD_SKIP_RUNTIME_INSTALL -eq "1") 
 {
diff --git a/build/KoreBuild.sh b/build/KoreBuild.sh
index 00c6d6b..7dbe85f 100755
--- a/build/KoreBuild.sh
+++ b/build/KoreBuild.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ if [ ! -z "$KOREBUILD_SKIP_RUNTIME_INSTALL" ]; then
 else
     # Need to set this variable because by default the install script
     # requires sudo
-    export DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR=~/.dotnet
+    [ -z "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR" ] && DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR=~/.dotnet
+    export DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR=$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR
     export KOREBUILD_FOLDER="$(dirname $koreBuildFolder)"
     chmod +x $koreBuildFolder/dotnet/dotnet-install.sh