diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
index a70cedffd..de5cd3394 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 
             var libraryAssets = runtime ? export.RuntimeAssemblies : export.CompilationAssemblies;
 
-            foreach (var libraryDependency in export.Library.Dependencies)
+            foreach (var libraryDependenciesGroup in export.Library.Dependencies.GroupBy(d => d.Name))
             {
+                LibraryRange libraryDependency = libraryDependenciesGroup
+                    .OrderByDescending(d => d.Target == LibraryType.ReferenceAssembly)
+                    .First();
+
                 Dependency dependency;
                 if (dependencyLookup.TryGetValue(libraryDependency.Name, out dependency))
                 {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs
index 6f73ef6b5..d1f06201c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
         private static DependencyContext LoadDefault()
         {
             var entryAssembly = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly();
-            var stream = entryAssembly?.GetManifestResourceStream(entryAssembly.GetName().Name + DepsResourceSufix);
+            return Load(entryAssembly);
+        }
+
+        public static DependencyContext Load(Assembly assembly)
+        {
+            var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(assembly.GetName().Name + DepsResourceSufix);
 
             if (stream == null)
             {