diff --git a/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/FakeBuildEngine.cs b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/FakeBuildEngine.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2054597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/FakeBuildEngine.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace WixBuildTools.TestSupport
+{
+    using System.Collections;
+    using System.Text;
+    using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+
+    public class FakeBuildEngine : IBuildEngine
+    {
+        private readonly StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
+
+        public int ColumnNumberOfTaskNode => 0;
+
+        public bool ContinueOnError => false;
+
+        public int LineNumberOfTaskNode => 0;
+
+        public string ProjectFileOfTaskNode => "fake_wix.targets";
+
+        public string Output => this.output.ToString();
+
+        public bool BuildProjectFile(string projectFileName, string[] targetNames, IDictionary globalProperties, IDictionary targetOutputs) => throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+
+        public void LogCustomEvent(CustomBuildEventArgs e) => this.output.AppendLine(e.Message);
+
+        public void LogErrorEvent(BuildErrorEventArgs e) => this.output.AppendLine(e.Message);
+
+        public void LogMessageEvent(BuildMessageEventArgs e) => this.output.AppendLine(e.Message);
+
+        public void LogWarningEvent(BuildWarningEventArgs e) => this.output.AppendLine(e.Message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/MsbuildRunner.cs b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/MsbuildRunner.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbfc02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/MsbuildRunner.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace WixBuildTools.TestSupport
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.Diagnostics;
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Text;
+
+    public class MsbuildRunner
+    {
+        private static readonly string VswhereRelativePath = @"Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe";
+        private static readonly string[] VswhereFindArguments = new[] { "-property", "installationPath", "-latest" };
+        private static readonly string Msbuild15RelativePath = @"MSBuild\15.0\bin\MSBuild.exe";
+
+        public MsbuildRunner()
+        {
+            var vswherePath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86), VswhereRelativePath);
+            if (!File.Exists(vswherePath))
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to find vswhere at: {vswherePath}");
+            }
+
+            var result = RunProcessCaptureOutput(vswherePath, VswhereFindArguments);
+            if (result.ExitCode != 0)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to execute vswhere.exe, exit code: {result.ExitCode}");
+            }
+
+            this.Msbuild15Path = Path.Combine(result.Output[0], Msbuild15RelativePath);
+            if (!File.Exists(this.Msbuild15Path))
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to find MSBuild v15 at: {this.Msbuild15Path}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string Msbuild15Path { get; }
+
+        public MsbuildRunnerResult Execute(string projectPath, string[] arguments = null)
+        {
+            var total = new List<string>
+            {
+                projectPath
+            };
+
+            if (arguments != null)
+            {
+                total.AddRange(arguments);
+            }
+
+            var workingFolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath);
+            return RunProcessCaptureOutput(this.Msbuild15Path, total.ToArray(), workingFolder);
+        }
+
+        private static MsbuildRunnerResult RunProcessCaptureOutput(string executablePath, string[] arguments = null, string workingFolder = null)
+        {
+            var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(executablePath)
+            {
+                Arguments = CombineArguments(arguments),
+                CreateNoWindow = true,
+                RedirectStandardError = true,
+                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+                UseShellExecute = false,
+                WorkingDirectory = workingFolder,
+            };
+
+            var exitCode = 0;
+            var output = new List<string>();
+
+            using (var process = Process.Start(startInfo))
+            {
+                process.OutputDataReceived += (s, e) => { if (e.Data != null) output.Add(e.Data); };
+                process.ErrorDataReceived += (s, e) => { if (e.Data != null) output.Add(e.Data); };
+
+                process.BeginErrorReadLine();
+                process.BeginOutputReadLine();
+
+                process.WaitForExit();
+                exitCode = process.ExitCode;
+            }
+
+            return new MsbuildRunnerResult { ExitCode = exitCode, Output = output.ToArray() };
+        }
+
+        private static string CombineArguments(string[] arguments)
+        {
+            if (arguments == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+            foreach (var arg in arguments)
+            {
+                if (sb.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    sb.Append(' ');
+                }
+
+                if (arg.IndexOf(' ') > -1)
+                {
+                    sb.Append("\"");
+                    sb.Append(arg);
+                    sb.Append("\"");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    sb.Append(arg);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/MsbuildRunnerResult.cs b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/MsbuildRunnerResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5610987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/MsbuildRunnerResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace WixBuildTools.TestSupport
+{
+    using System;
+    using Xunit;
+
+    public class MsbuildRunnerResult
+    {
+        public int ExitCode { get; set; }
+
+        public string[] Output { get; set; }
+
+        public void AssertSuccess()
+        {
+            Assert.True(0 == this.ExitCode, $"MSBuild failed unexpectedly. Output:\r\n{String.Join("\r\n", this.Output)}");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/TestData.cs b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/TestData.cs
index fde9db5..8587330 100644
--- a/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/TestData.cs
+++ b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/TestData.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
 namespace WixBuildTools.TestSupport
 {
diff --git a/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/WixBuildTools.TestSupport.csproj b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/WixBuildTools.TestSupport.csproj
index 96baec4..baedb0c 100644
--- a/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/WixBuildTools.TestSupport.csproj
+++ b/src/WixBuildTools.TestSupport/WixBuildTools.TestSupport.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="14.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Dtf.WindowsInstaller" Version="4.0.*" NoWarn="NU1701" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
@@ -16,4 +17,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0-beta-63102-01" PrivateAssets="All"/>
     <PackageReference Include="Nerdbank.GitVersioning" Version="2.1.65" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.4.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>