diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs
index 4999ba9c3..32202c993 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContext.cs
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
         {
             public bool Equals(T x, T y)
             {
-                return string.Equals(x.Name, y.Name, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+                return StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(x.Name, y.Name);
             }
 
             public int GetHashCode(T obj)
             {
-                return obj.Name.GetHashCode();
+                return StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(obj.Name);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/Resolution/AppBaseCompilationAssemblyResolver.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/Resolution/AppBaseCompilationAssemblyResolver.cs
index 8ff49175a..774129043 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/Resolution/AppBaseCompilationAssemblyResolver.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/Resolution/AppBaseCompilationAssemblyResolver.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Resolution
 
         public bool TryResolveAssemblyPaths(CompilationLibrary library, List<string> assemblies)
         {
-            var isProject = string.Equals(library.Type, "project", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var isProject = string.Equals(library.Type, "project", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                string.Equals(library.Type, "msbuildproject", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
             var isPackage = string.Equals(library.Type, "package", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             if (!isProject &&
                 !isPackage &&
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/AppBaseResolverTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/AppBaseResolverTests.cs
index 382b7f329..c3fd2558e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/AppBaseResolverTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/AppBaseResolverTests.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             Assert.True(result);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ResolvesMsBuildProjectType()
+        {
+            var fileSystem = FileSystemMockBuilder
+                 .Create()
+                 .AddFiles(BasePathRefs, TestLibraryFactory.DefaultAssembly)
+                 .Build();
+            var resolver = CreateResolver(fileSystem);
+            var library = TestLibraryFactory.Create(
+                TestLibraryFactory.MsBuildProjectType,
+                assemblies: TestLibraryFactory.EmptyAssemblies);
+
+            var result = resolver.TryResolveAssemblyPaths(library, null);
+
+            Assert.True(result);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ResolvesPackageType()
         {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextLoaderTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextLoaderTests.cs
index 76f819878..1c8e07535 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextLoaderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextLoaderTests.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,56 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             });
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void MergeMergesLibrariesWithDifferentCasing()
+        {
+            var compilationLibraries = new[]
+            {
+                CreateCompilation("PaCkAgEA"),
+            };
+
+            var runtimeLibraries = new[]
+            {
+                CreateRuntime("PaCkAgEA"),
+            };
+
+            var compilationLibrariesRedist = new[]
+            {
+                CreateCompilation("PackageA"),
+            };
+
+            var runtimeLibrariesRedist = new[]
+            {
+                CreateRuntime("PackageA"),
+            };
+
+            var context = new DependencyContext(
+                CreateTargetInfo(),
+                CompilationOptions.Default,
+                compilationLibraries,
+                runtimeLibraries,
+                new RuntimeFallbacks[] { });
+
+            var contextRedist = new DependencyContext(
+                CreateTargetInfo(),
+                CompilationOptions.Default,
+                compilationLibrariesRedist,
+                runtimeLibrariesRedist,
+                new RuntimeFallbacks[] { });
+
+            var result = context.Merge(contextRedist);
+
+            result.CompileLibraries.Should().BeEquivalentTo(new[]
+            {
+                compilationLibraries[0]
+            });
+
+            result.RuntimeLibraries.Should().BeEquivalentTo(new[]
+            {
+                runtimeLibraries[0]
+            });
+        }
+
         public void MergeMergesRuntimeGraph()
         {
             var context = new DependencyContext(
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/TestLibraryFactory.cs b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/TestLibraryFactory.cs
index 9e81d4bc1..a944ed309 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/TestLibraryFactory.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/TestLibraryFactory.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
         public static readonly string DefaultHash = DefaultHashAlgoritm + "-" + DefaultHashValue;
 
         public static readonly string ProjectType = "project";
+        public static readonly string MsBuildProjectType = "msbuildproject";
         public static readonly string ReferenceAssemblyType = "referenceassembly";
         public static readonly string PackageType = "package";