diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
index 15cdbfbca..62ccbfe11 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compile.targets
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
       </ItemGroup>
 
       <Copy SourceFiles="@(MSBuildTargetsToCopy)"
-            DestinationFiles="@(MSBuildTargetsToCopy->'$(SdkOutputDirectory)\%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
+            DestinationFiles="@(MSBuildTargetsToCopy->'$(SdkOutputDirectory)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
 
       <ItemGroup>
         <FilesToClean Include="$(StageDirectory)/sdk/**/vbc.exe" />