diff --git a/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectSetupHelper.cs b/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectSetupHelper.cs
index 7149e61a47..6fe1259c6a 100644
--- a/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectSetupHelper.cs
+++ b/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectSetupHelper.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,34 @@ internal class MsBuildProjectSetupHelper
 
         private static object _syncObj = new object();
 
+        private static string artifactsDir;
+        private static string ArtifactsDirectory
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(artifactsDir))
+                {
+                    lock(_syncObj)
+                    {
+                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(artifactsDir))
+                        {
+                            var current = new DirectoryInfo(AppContext.BaseDirectory);
+                            while (current != null)
+                            {
+                                if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(current.FullName, "Scaffolding.sln")))
+                                {
+                                    artifactsDir = Path.Combine(current.FullName, "artifacts", "build");
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                current = current.Parent;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                return artifactsDir;
+            }
+        }
+
         private string AspNetCoreVersion
         {
             get
@@ -54,7 +82,10 @@ public void SetupProjects(TemporaryFileProvider fileProvider, ITestOutputHelper
         {
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(fileProvider.Root, "Root"));
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(fileProvider.Root, "Library1"));
-            
+
+            var propsFileText = string.Format( MsBuildProjectStrings.PropsFileTxt, "");
+            fileProvider.Add("Shared.props", propsFileText);
+
             var rootProjectTxt = fullFramework ? MsBuildProjectStrings.RootNet45ProjectTxt : MsBuildProjectStrings.RootProjectTxt;
             fileProvider.Add($"Root/{MsBuildProjectStrings.RootProjectName}", string.Format(rootProjectTxt, AspNetCoreVersion, CodeGenerationVersion, RuntimeFrameworkVersion, "2.0.1-*"));
             fileProvider.Add($"Root/Startup.cs", MsBuildProjectStrings.StartupTxt);
@@ -99,7 +130,9 @@ public void SetupProjectsWithoutEF(TemporaryFileProvider fileProvider, ITestOutp
         {
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(fileProvider.Root, "Root"));
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(fileProvider.Root, "Library1"));
-            
+            var propsFileText = string.Format( MsBuildProjectStrings.PropsFileTxt, "");
+            fileProvider.Add("Shared.props", propsFileText);
+
             var rootProjectTxt = MsBuildProjectStrings.RootProjectTxtWithoutEF;
             fileProvider.Add($"Root/{MsBuildProjectStrings.RootProjectName}", string.Format(rootProjectTxt, AspNetCoreVersion, CodeGenerationVersion, RuntimeFrameworkVersion, "2.0.1-*"));
             fileProvider.Add($"Root/Startup.cs", MsBuildProjectStrings.StartupTxtWithoutEf);
diff --git a/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectStrings.cs b/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectStrings.cs
index 68f7a92829..2909e4ec8e 100644
--- a/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectStrings.cs
+++ b/test/Shared/MsBuildProjectStrings.cs
@@ -9,19 +9,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration
     internal class MsBuildProjectStrings
     {
         public const string RootProjectName = "Test.csproj";
-        public const string RootProjectTxt = @"
-<Project ToolsVersion=""15.0"" Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"">
 
+        public const string PropsFileTxt = @"<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RestoreSources>$(DotNetRestoreSources)</RestoreSources>
+    <ArtifactsDir>{0}</ArtifactsDir>
     <RestoreSources Condition=""'$(DotNetBuildOffline)' != 'true'"">
       $(RestoreSources);
       https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnet-2-0-2-october2017-patch/api/v3/index.json;
       https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-master/api/v3/index.json;
       https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-tools/api/v3/index.json;
       https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json;
+      $(ArtifactsDir);
     </RestoreSources>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>";
 
+        public const string RootProjectTxt = @"
+<Project ToolsVersion=""15.0"" Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"">
+  <Import Project=""..\Shared.props"" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.TestProject</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>TestProject</ProjectName>
@@ -61,17 +68,8 @@ internal class MsBuildProjectStrings
 
 public const string RootProjectTxtWithoutEF = @"
 <Project ToolsVersion=""15.0"" Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"">
-
+  <Import Project=""..\Shared.props"" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <RestoreSources>$(DotNetRestoreSources)</RestoreSources>
-    <RestoreSources Condition=""'$(DotNetBuildOffline)' != 'true'"">
-      $(RestoreSources);
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnet-2-0-2-october2017-patch/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-master/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-tools/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json;
-    </RestoreSources>
-
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.TestProject</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>TestProject</ProjectName>
@@ -107,16 +105,8 @@ internal class MsBuildProjectStrings
 
         public const string RootNet45ProjectTxt = @"
 <Project Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk"">
+  <Import Project=""..\Shared.props"" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <RestoreSources>$(DotNetRestoreSources)</RestoreSources>
-    <RestoreSources Condition=""'$(DotNetBuildOffline)' != 'true'"">
-      $(RestoreSources);
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnet-2-0-2-october2017-patch/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-master/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-tools/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json;
-    </RestoreSources>
-
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.TestProject</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>TestProject</ProjectName>
     <OutputType>EXE</OutputType>
@@ -286,16 +276,8 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
         public const string LibraryProjectName = "Library1.csproj";
         public const string LibraryProjectTxt = @"
 <Project Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk"">
+  <Import Project=""..\Shared.props"" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <RestoreSources>$(DotNetRestoreSources)</RestoreSources>
-    <RestoreSources Condition=""'$(DotNetBuildOffline)' != 'true'"">
-      $(RestoreSources);
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnet-2-0-2-october2017-patch/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-master/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-tools/api/v3/index.json;
-      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json;
-    </RestoreSources>
-
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Library</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>Library1</ProjectName>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>