diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers.cs
index cb84f2542..d88a70175 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers.cs
@@ -10,17 +10,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
     {
         public static IEnumerable<string> InferCurrentRuntimeIdentifiers()
         {
-            // On non-Windows machines, the CLI may be used on a newer version of a supported OS
-            // and the current RID may not be available in the runtime.* NuGet packages, yet.
-            // so fallback to the RID that was used to build the CLI - which will have the correct
-            // runtime.* NuGet packages available.
             IEnumerable<string> fallbackIdentifiers = null;
-            if (RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemPlatform != Platform.Windows)
+
+            // If the machine's RID isn't supported by the shared framework (i.e. the CLI
+            // is being used on a newer version of an OS), add the RID that the CLI was built 
+            // with as a fallback.  The RID the CLI was built with will have the correct 
+            // runtime.* NuGet packages available.
+            // For example, when a user is using osx.10.12, but we only support osx.10.10 and 
+            // osx.10.11, the project.json "runtimes" section cannot contain osx.10.12, since
+            // that RID isn't contained in the runtime graph - users will get a restore error.
+            FrameworkDependencyFile fxDepsFile = new FrameworkDependencyFile();
+            if (!fxDepsFile.IsCurrentRuntimeSupported())
             {
                 string buildRid = DotnetFiles.VersionFileObject.BuildRid;
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(buildRid))
                 {
-                    fallbackIdentifiers = new string[] { DotnetFiles.VersionFileObject.BuildRid };
+                    fallbackIdentifiers = new string[] { buildRid };
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/FrameworkDependencyFile.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/FrameworkDependencyFile.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01064450b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/FrameworkDependencyFile.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.InternalAbstractions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents the .deps.json file in the shared framework
+    /// that the CLI is running against.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class FrameworkDependencyFile
+    {
+        private readonly string _depsFilePath;
+
+        public FrameworkDependencyFile()
+        {
+            _depsFilePath = Muxer.GetDataFromAppDomain("FX_DEPS_FILE");
+        }
+
+        public bool IsCurrentRuntimeSupported()
+        {
+            return IsRuntimeSupported(RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier());
+        }
+
+        public bool IsRuntimeSupported(string runtimeIdentifier)
+        {
+            DependencyContext fxDependencyContext = CreateDependencyContext();
+
+            return fxDependencyContext.RuntimeGraph.Any(g => g.Runtime == runtimeIdentifier);
+        }
+
+        private DependencyContext CreateDependencyContext()
+        {
+            using (Stream depsFileStream = File.OpenRead(_depsFilePath))
+            using (DependencyContextJsonReader reader = new DependencyContextJsonReader())
+            {
+                return reader.Read(depsFileStream);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/dotnet/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
index f80d1c2b8..eb8809cb3 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
@@ -220,9 +220,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
             Reporter.Output.WriteLine($" OS Name:     {RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystem}");
             Reporter.Output.WriteLine($" OS Version:  {RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemVersion}");
             Reporter.Output.WriteLine($" OS Platform: {RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemPlatform}");
-            
-            // report the BuildRid instead of the current RID, so the user knows which RID they should put in their "runtimes" section.
-            Reporter.Output.WriteLine($" RID:         {versionFile.BuildRid ?? RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier()}");
+            Reporter.Output.WriteLine($" RID:         {GetDisplayRid(versionFile)}");
         }
 
         private static bool IsArg(string candidate, string longName)
@@ -234,5 +232,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
         {
             return (shortName != null && candidate.Equals("-" + shortName)) || (longName != null && candidate.Equals("--" + longName));
         }
+
+        private static string GetDisplayRid(DotnetVersionFile versionFile)
+        {
+            FrameworkDependencyFile fxDepsFile = new FrameworkDependencyFile();
+
+            string currentRid = RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier();
+
+            // if the current RID isn't supported by the shared framework, display the RID the CLI was 
+            // built with instead, so the user knows which RID they should put in their "runtimes" section.
+            return fxDepsFile.IsRuntimeSupported(currentRid) ?
+                currentRid :
+                versionFile.BuildRid;
+        }
     }
 }