diff --git a/build/common-testapps.props b/build/common-testapps.props
index 2eb7ed1..6bb8ba9 100644
--- a/build/common-testapps.props
+++ b/build/common-testapps.props
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
     <TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets Condition="'$(TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets)'==''">$(MvcRazorCompileOnPublish)</TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation\build\netcoreapp2.0\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets"
-    Condition="'$(TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets)'=='true' AND '$(TargetFramework)'=='netcoreapp2.0'"/>
-
-  <Import Project="..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation\build\net461\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets"
-    Condition="'$(TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets)'=='true' AND '$(TargetFramework)'=='net461'"/>
+  <Import Project="..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation\build\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets"
+    Condition="'$(TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets)'=='true'"/>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TestIncludeViewCompilationTargets)'=='true'">
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj
index 87b2c5c..6859f39 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.csproj
@@ -11,31 +11,14 @@
     <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
     <X86ProjectDirectory>..\..\tools\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation-x86\</X86ProjectDirectory>
-
-    <!--
-      This prevents dotnet from automatically generating a lib/tfm/*.dll; in turn we're then able
-      to exclude the lib/net461 and manually construct only the necessary folders:
-      - lib/netcoreapp2.0/...
-      - runtimes/win7-x64/lib/...
-      - runtimes/win7-x86/lib/...
-    -->
     <IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="build\common.targets" Pack="true" PackagePath="%(Identity)" />
-    <None Include="lib\net461\_._" Pack="true" PackagePath="%(Identity)" />
-    <None Include="lib\netcoreapp2.0\_._" Pack="true" PackagePath="runtimes\win7-x64\lib\netcoreapp2.0\_._" />
-    <None Include="lib\netcoreapp2.0\_._" Pack="true" PackagePath="runtimes\win7-x86\lib\netcoreapp2.0\_._" />
-    <None Include="build\netcoreapp2.0\*" Pack="true" PackagePath="%(Identity)" />
-    <None Include="bin\$(Configuration)\netcoreapp2.0\$(AssemblyName).dll" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib\netcoreapp2.0\$(AssemblyName).dll" />
-    <None Include="bin\$(Configuration)\netcoreapp2.0\$(AssemblyName).runtimeconfig.json" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib\netcoreapp2.0\$(AssemblyName).runtimeconfig.json" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">
-    <None Include="build\net461\*" Pack="true" PackagePath="%(Identity)" />
-    <None Include="bin\$(Configuration)\net461\win7-x64\$(AssemblyName).exe" Pack="true" PackagePath="runtimes\win7-x64\lib\net461\$(AssemblyName).exe" />
-    <None Include="$(X86ProjectDirectory)\bin\$(Configuration)\net461\win7-x86\$(AssemblyName)-x86.exe" Pack="true" PackagePath="runtimes\win7-x86\lib\net461\$(AssemblyName)-x86.exe" />
+    <None Include="build\**\*.*" Pack="true" PackagePath="%(Identity)" />
+    <None Include="$(OutputPath)netcoreapp2.0\$(AssemblyName).dll" Pack="true" PackagePath="build\netstandard2.0\$(AssemblyName).dll" />
+    <None Include="$(OutputPath)net461\win7-x64\$(AssemblyName).exe" Pack="true" PackagePath="build\netstandard2.0\$(AssemblyName)-x64.exe" />
+    <None Include="$(X86ProjectDirectory)\bin\$(Configuration)\net461\win7-x86\$(AssemblyName)-x86.exe" Pack="true" PackagePath="build\netstandard2.0\$(AssemblyName)-x86.exe" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/net461/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/net461/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d3599e..0000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/net461/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\common.targets" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <MSBuildAllProjects>$(MSBuildAllProjects);$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)</MSBuildAllProjects>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Target
-      Name="MvcRazorPrecompile"
-      DependsOnTargets="_ResolveInputArguments"
-      Inputs="@(MvcRazorFilesToCompile);@(IntermediateAssembly);@(DocFileItem);@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath);@(ReferencePath);$(MSBuildAllProjects);"
-      Outputs="$(_MvcRazorOutputFullPath)">
-
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MvcRazorRunCommand)'==''">
-      <MvcRazorRunCommand>$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName).exe</MvcRazorRunCommand>
-      <MvcRazorRunCommand Condition="'$(PlatformTarget)'=='x86'">$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-x86.exe</MvcRazorRunCommand>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <CallTarget Targets="_CreateResponseFileForMvcRazorPrecompile" />
-
-    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(PlatformTarget)'=='x86'">
-      <_PreCompilationFilesToCopy Include="$(OutputPath)$(AssemblyName).exe.config">
-        <Destination>$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-x86.exe.config</Destination>
-      </_PreCompilationFilesToCopy>
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(PlatformTarget)'!='x86'">
-      <_PreCompilationFilesToCopy Include="$(OutputPath)$(AssemblyName).exe.config" Condition="">
-        <Destination>$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName).exe.config</Destination>
-      </_PreCompilationFilesToCopy>
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <Copy
-      SourceFiles="@(_PreCompilationFilesToCopy)"
-      DestinationFiles="%(Destination)" />
-
-    <Message
-      Text="Executing Razor view precompilation."
-      Importance="Low" />
-
-    <Exec
-      Command="$(MvcRazorRunCommand) @&quot;$(_MvcRazorResponseFilePath)&quot;"
-      WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)"/>
-
-    <Message
-      Text="Razor view compilation for $(MSBuildProjectName) -> $(_MvcRazorOutputFullPath)"
-      Importance="High" />
-
-    <Delete Files="%(_PreCompilationFilesToCopy.Destination)" />
-
-  </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netcoreapp2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netcoreapp2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f3da09..0000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netcoreapp2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\common.targets" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <MvcRazorRunCommand>dotnet</MvcRazorRunCommand>
-    <MSBuildAllProjects>$(MSBuildAllProjects);$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)</MSBuildAllProjects>
-    <_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath Condition="'$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)'==''">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../../lib/netcoreapp2.0/$(MSBuildThisFileName).dll</_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Target
-      Name="MvcRazorPrecompile"
-      DependsOnTargets="_ResolveInputArguments"
-      Inputs="@(MvcRazorFilesToCompile);@(IntermediateAssembly);@(DocFileItem);@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath);@(ReferencePath);$(MSBuildAllProjects)"
-      Outputs="$(_MvcRazorOutputFullPath)">
-
-    <CallTarget Targets="_CreateResponseFileForMvcRazorPrecompile" />
-
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <ExecArgs>--runtimeconfig &quot;$(ProjectRuntimeConfigFilePath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
-      <ExecArgs>$(ExecArgs) --depsfile &quot;$(ProjectDepsFilePath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
-      <ExecArgs>$(ExecArgs) &quot;$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
-      <ExecArgs>$(ExecArgs) @&quot;$(_MvcRazorResponseFilePath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <Message
-      Text="Executing Razor view precompilation."
-      Importance="Low" />
-
-    <Exec
-      Command="$(MvcRazorRunCommand) exec $(ExecArgs)"
-      WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
-
-    <Message
-      Text="Razor view compilation for $(MSBuildProjectName) -> $(_MvcRazorOutputFullPath)"
-      Importance="High" />
-  </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/common.targets b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
similarity index 50%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/common.targets
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
index 53f3503..1e6d254 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/common.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation/build/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.ViewCompilation.targets
@@ -16,34 +16,111 @@
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
+  <Target
+    Name="MvcRazorPrecompile"
+    DependsOnTargets="_ResolveInputArguments"
+    Inputs="@(MvcRazorFilesToCompile);@(IntermediateAssembly);@(DocFileItem);@(_DebugSymbolsIntermediatePath);@(ReferencePath);$(MSBuildAllProjects)"
+    Outputs="$(_MvcRazorOutputFullPath)">
+
+    <CallTarget Targets="_MvcRazorPrecompile" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target
+    Name="_MvcRazorPrecompile"
+    DependsOnTargets="_RunForCore;_RunForDesktop">
+
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target
+    Name="_RunForCore"
+    DependsOnTargets="_CreateResponseFileForMvcRazorPrecompile"
+    Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)'=='.NETCoreApp'">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath Condition="'$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)'==''">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(MSBuildThisFileName).dll</_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath>
+
+      <ExecArgs>dotnet exec --runtimeconfig &quot;$(ProjectRuntimeConfigFilePath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
+      <ExecArgs>$(ExecArgs) --depsfile &quot;$(ProjectDepsFilePath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
+      <ExecArgs>$(ExecArgs) &quot;$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
+      <ExecArgs>$(ExecArgs) @&quot;$(_MvcRazorResponseFilePath)&quot;</ExecArgs>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <Exec Command="$(ExecArgs)" WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target
+    Name="_AddDesktopReferences"
+    AfterTargets="ResolveLockFileReferences"
+    Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)'=='.NETFramework'">
+
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)'==''">
+      <_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath Condition="'$(PlatformTarget)'=='x64'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-x64.exe</_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath>
+      <_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath Condition="'$(PlatformTarget)'=='x86'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-x86.exe</_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(_DesktopViewCompilationBinary)'!=''">
+      <Reference Include="$(_DesktopViewCompilationBinary)" Private="true" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target
+    Name="_RunForDesktop"
+    DependsOnTargets="_AddDesktopReferences;_CreateResponseFileForMvcRazorPrecompile"
+    Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)'=='.NETFramework'">
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <_PreCompilationFilesToCopy
+        Include="$(OutputPath)$(AssemblyName).exe.config"
+        Destination="$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-$(PlatformTarget).exe.config" />
+
+      <_PreCompilationFilesToCopy
+        Include="$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)"
+        Destination="$(OutputPath)$(MSBuildThisFileName)-$(PlatformTarget).exe" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MvcRazorRunCommand)'==''">
+      <MvcRazorRunCommand>$(_MvcViewCompilationBinaryPath)</MvcRazorRunCommand>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <Copy
+      SourceFiles="@(_PreCompilationFilesToCopy)"
+      DestinationFiles="%(Destination)" />
+
+    <Exec
+      Command="$(MvcRazorRunCommand) @&quot;$(_MvcRazorResponseFilePath)&quot;"
+      WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)"/>
+
+    <Delete Files="%(_PreCompilationFilesToCopy.Destination)" />
+  </Target>
+
   <Target Name="_CreateResponseFileForMvcRazorPrecompile">
     <ItemGroup>
-      <ExecArgs Include="
+      <_ResponseFileLines Include="
         $(MSBuildProjectDirectory);
         --output-path=$(_MvcRazorOutputPath);
         --application-name=$(AssemblyName);
         --content-root=$(MvcRazorContentRoot);" />
 
-      <ExecArgs
+      <_ResponseFileLines
         Condition="'$(MvcRazorEmbedViewSources)'=='true'"
         Include="--embed-view-sources" />
 
-      <ExecArgs Include="--file=%(MvcRazorFilesToCompile.FullPath)" />
+      <_ResponseFileLines Include="--file=%(MvcRazorFilesToCompile.FullPath)" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup Condition="'$(SignAssembly)'=='true'">
-      <ExecArgs
+      <_ResponseFileLines
         Condition="'$(DelaySign)'=='true'"
         Include="--delay-sign" />
-      <ExecArgs
+      <_ResponseFileLines
         Condition="'$(PublicSign)'=='true'"
         Include="--public-sign" />
-      <ExecArgs Include="--key-file=$(AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile)" />
+      <_ResponseFileLines Include="--key-file=$(AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile)" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <WriteLinesToFile
       File="$(_MvcRazorResponseFilePath)"
-      Lines="@(ExecArgs)"
+      Lines="@(_ResponseFileLines)"
       Overwrite="true"  />
   </Target>