diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj
index f2064f994..fce4c7b68 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj
index f2064f994..fce4c7b68 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj
index f2064f994..fce4c7b68 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
index 0bfe9b1e3..58e9e4b5b 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/build/BuildDefaults.props b/build/BuildDefaults.props
index 8561a45b0..c892e6068 100644
--- a/build/BuildDefaults.props
+++ b/build/BuildDefaults.props
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
     <CLITargets Condition=" '$(CLITargets)' == '' ">Prepare;Compile;Test;Package;Publish</CLITargets>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <IncludeNuGetPackageArchive Condition=" '$(IncludeNuGetPackageArchive)' == '' ">true</IncludeNuGetPackageArchive>
+    <SkipBuildingInstallers Condition=" '$(SkipBuildingInstallers)' == '' AND $(HostRid.StartsWith('rhel.6')) ">true</SkipBuildingInstallers>
     <SkipBuildingInstallers Condition=" '$(SkipBuildingInstallers)' == '' ">false</SkipBuildingInstallers>
-    <UsePortableLinuxSharedFramework Condition=" '$(UsePortableLinuxSharedFramework)' == '' AND '$(OSPlatform)' == 'linux' ">true</UsePortableLinuxSharedFramework>
-    <IncludeSharedFrameworksForBackwardsCompatibilityTests Condition=" $(IncludeSharedFrameworksForBackwardsCompatibilityTests) == '' AND '$(Rid)' != 'linux-x64' ">true</IncludeSharedFrameworksForBackwardsCompatibilityTests>
+    <UsePortableLinuxSharedFramework Condition=" '$(UsePortableLinuxSharedFramework)' == '' AND '$(OSPlatform)' == 'linux' AND '$(Rid)' != 'rhel.6-x64' ">true</UsePortableLinuxSharedFramework>
+    <IncludeSharedFrameworksForBackwardsCompatibilityTests Condition=" $(IncludeSharedFrameworksForBackwardsCompatibilityTests) == '' AND '$(Rid)' != 'linux-x64' AND '$(Rid)' != 'rhel.6-x64' ">true</IncludeSharedFrameworksForBackwardsCompatibilityTests>
     <HighEntropyVA>true</HighEntropyVA>
 
     <!-- Only use asset target fallback that we set (not implicit one to net461). -->
diff --git a/run-build.ps1 b/run-build.ps1
index 255614894..86a767873 100644
--- a/run-build.ps1
+++ b/run-build.ps1
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ $env:VSTEST_TRACE_BUILD=1
 # install a stage0
 $dotnetInstallPath = Join-Path $RepoRoot "scripts\obtain\dotnet-install.ps1"
 
-Write-Output "$dotnetInstallPath -Channel ""master"" -InstallDir $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -Architecture ""$Architecture"""
-Invoke-Expression "$dotnetInstallPath -Channel ""master"" -InstallDir $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -Architecture ""$Architecture"""
+Write-Output "$dotnetInstallPath -Channel ""master"" -version ""2.1.0-preview1-007172"" -InstallDir $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -Architecture ""$Architecture"""
+Invoke-Expression "$dotnetInstallPath -Channel ""master"" -version ""2.1.0-preview1-007172"" -InstallDir $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -Architecture ""$Architecture"""
 if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
 {
     Write-Output "The .NET CLI installation failed with exit code $LastExitCode"
diff --git a/run-build.sh b/run-build.sh
index 02ce271ab..3d3ec22d8 100755
--- a/run-build.sh
+++ b/run-build.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 REPOROOT="$DIR"
 
 ARCHITECTURE="x64"
+BOOTSTRAP_CLI=
+
 source "$REPOROOT/scripts/common/_prettyprint.sh"
 
 BUILD=1
@@ -61,51 +63,44 @@ CUSTOM_BUILD_ARGS=
 # Set nuget package cache under the repo
 [ -z $NUGET_PACKAGES ] && export NUGET_PACKAGES="$REPOROOT/.nuget/packages"
 
-args=( "$@" )
+args=( )
 
 while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
     lowerI="$(echo $1 | awk '{print tolower($0)}')"
     case $lowerI in
         -c|--configuration)
             export CONFIGURATION=$2
-            args=( "${args[@]/$1}" )
-            args=( "${args[@]/$2}" )
             shift
             ;;
         --nopackage)
             export DOTNET_BUILD_SKIP_PACKAGING=1
-            args=( "${args[@]/$1}" )
             ;;
         --skip-prereqs)
             # Allow CI to disable prereqs check since the CI has the pre-reqs but not ldconfig it seems
             export DOTNET_INSTALL_SKIP_PREREQS=1
-            args=( "${args[@]/$1}" )
             ;;
         --nobuild)
             BUILD=0
             ;;
         --architecture)
             ARCHITECTURE=$2
-            args=( "${args[@]/$1}" )
-            args=( "${args[@]/$2}" )
             shift
             ;;
         --runtime-id)
             CUSTOM_BUILD_ARGS="/p:Rid=\"$2\""
-            args=( "${args[@]/$1}" )
-            args=( "${args[@]/$2}" )
             shift
             ;;
         # This is here just to eat away this parameter because CI still passes this in.
         --targets)            
-            args=( "${args[@]/$1}" )
-            args=( "${args[@]/$2}" )
             shift
             ;;
         --linux-portable)
             LINUX_PORTABLE_INSTALL_ARGS="--runtime-id linux-x64"
             CUSTOM_BUILD_ARGS="/p:Rid=\"linux-x64\" /p:OSName=\"linux\" /p:IslinuxPortable=\"true\""
-            args=( "${args[@]/$1}" )
+            ;;
+        --bootstrap-cli)
+            BOOTSTRAP_CLI=$2
+            shift
             ;;
         --help)
             echo "Usage: $0 [--configuration <CONFIGURATION>] [--skip-prereqs] [--nopackage] [--docker <IMAGENAME>] [--help]"
@@ -121,6 +116,7 @@ while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
+            args=(${args[@]} $1)
             break
             ;;
     esac
@@ -150,7 +146,12 @@ export VSTEST_TRACE_BUILD=1
 export DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0
 
 # Install a stage 0
-(set -x ; "$REPOROOT/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh" --channel "master" --install-dir "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR" --architecture "$ARCHITECTURE" $LINUX_PORTABLE_INSTALL_ARGS)
+if [ "$BOOTSTRAP_CLI" == "" ]; then
+    (set -x ; "$REPOROOT/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh" --channel "master" --version "2.1.0-preview1-007172" --install-dir "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR" --architecture "$ARCHITECTURE" $LINUX_PORTABLE_INSTALL_ARGS)
+else
+    echo "Copying bootstrap cli from $BOOTSTRAP_CLI"
+    cp -r $BOOTSTRAP_CLI/* "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR"
+fi
 
 EXIT_CODE=$?
 if [ $EXIT_CODE != 0 ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh b/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh
index ae8f84be8..71dc18fa8 100755
--- a/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ get_os_download_name_from_platform() {
             echo "opensuse.42.1"
             return 0
             ;;
+        "rhel.6"*)
+            echo "rhel.6"
+            return 0
+            ;;
         "rhel.7"*)
             echo "rhel"
             return 0
@@ -115,8 +119,14 @@ get_current_os_name() {
     if [ "$uname" = "Darwin" ]; then
         echo "osx"
         return 0
-    else
-        if [ "$uname" = "Linux" ]; then
+    elif [ "$uname" = "Linux" ]; then
+        local distro_specific_osname
+        distro_specific_osname=$(get_distro_specific_os_name) || return 1
+
+        if [ "$distro_specific_osname" = "rhel.6" ]; then
+            echo $distro_specific_osname
+            return 0
+        else
             echo "linux"
             return 0
         fi
@@ -144,6 +154,12 @@ get_distro_specific_os_name() {
                 echo "$os"
                 return 0
             fi
+        elif [ -e /etc/redhat-release ]; then
+            local redhatRelease=$(</etc/redhat-release)
+            if [[ $redhatRelease == "CentOS release 6."* || $redhatRelease == "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6."* ]]; then
+                echo "rhel.6"
+                return 0
+            fi
         fi
     fi
     
@@ -191,10 +207,12 @@ check_pre_reqs() {
             LDCONFIG_COMMAND="ldconfig"
         fi
 
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND -p | grep libunwind)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libunwind. Install libunwind to continue" && failing=true
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND -p | grep libssl)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libssl. Install libssl to continue" && failing=true
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND -p | grep libicu)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libicu. Install libicu to continue" && failing=true
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND -p | grep -F libcurl.so)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libcurl. Install libcurl to continue" && failing=true
+        LDCONFIG_COMMAND="$LDCONFIG_COMMAND -NXv ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH//:/ }"
+
+        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND | grep libunwind)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libunwind. Install libunwind to continue" && failing=true
+        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND | grep libssl)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libssl. Install libssl to continue" && failing=true
+        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND | grep libicu)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libicu. Install libicu to continue" && failing=true
+        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND | grep -F libcurl.so)" ] && say_err "Unable to locate libcurl. Install libcurl to continue" && failing=true
     fi
 
     if [ "$failing" = true ]; then
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/EnvironmentInfo.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/EnvironmentInfo.cs
index 2f50d2e4e..436aa506c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/EnvironmentInfo.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/EnvironmentInfo.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
                 switch (rid)
                 {
                     case "fedora.24-x64":
+                    case "rhel.6-x64":
                     case "opensuse.42.1-x64":
                     case "ubuntu.16.10-x64":
                     case "linux-x64":
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
                 switch (rid)
                 {
                     case "linux-x64":
+                    case "rhel.6-x64":
+                        return false;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (framework == "netcoreapp2.0")
+            {
+                switch (rid)
+                {
+                    case "rhel.6-x64":
                         return false;
                 }
             }
@@ -32,4 +42,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             return true;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}