diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs
index 32412df03..6fd2db4f7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration
             new MigrateRuntimeOptionsRule(),
             new MigratePublishOptionsRule(),
             new MigrateProjectDependenciesRule(),
-            new MigratePackageDependenciesRule(),
+            new MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule(),
             new MigrateConfigurationsRule(),
             new MigrateScriptsRule(),
             new WorkaroundOptionsRule(),
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesRule.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule.cs
similarity index 90%
rename from src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesRule.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule.cs
index a619a40ea..a637dcc5a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesRule.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule.cs
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ using NuGet.LibraryModel;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
 {
-    public class MigratePackageDependenciesRule : IMigrationRule
+    public class MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule : IMigrationRule
     {
         private readonly ITransformApplicator _transformApplicator;
         private readonly  ProjectDependencyFinder _projectDependencyFinder;
         private string _projectDirectory;
 
-        public MigratePackageDependenciesRule(ITransformApplicator transformApplicator = null)
+        public MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule(ITransformApplicator transformApplicator = null)
         {
             _transformApplicator = transformApplicator ?? new TransformApplicator();
             _projectDependencyFinder = new ProjectDependencyFinder();
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
                     targetFramework.Dependencies,
                     migrationRuleInputs.ProjectXproj); 
             }
+
+            // Tools
+            MigrateTools(project, migrationRuleInputs.OutputMSBuildProject);
         }
 
         private void MigrateImports(ProjectItemGroupElement commonItemGroup, TargetFrameworkInformation targetFramework)
@@ -93,6 +96,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
             }
         }
 
+        private void MigrateTools(
+            Project project,
+            ProjectRootElement output)
+        {
+            if (project.Tools == null || !project.Tools.Any())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var itemGroup = output.AddItemGroup();
+
+            foreach (var tool in project.Tools)
+            {
+                _transformApplicator.Execute(ToolTransform.Transform(tool), itemGroup);
+            }
+        }
+
         private void MigrateDependencies(
             Project project,
             ProjectRootElement output,
@@ -212,6 +232,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
             dep => true)
             .WithMetadata("Version", r => r.Version);
 
+        private AddItemTransform<ProjectLibraryDependency> ToolTransform => new AddItemTransform<ProjectLibraryDependency>(
+            "DotNetCliToolsReference",
+            dep => dep.Name,
+            dep => "",
+            dep => true)
+            .WithMetadata("Version", r => r.LibraryRange.VersionRange.OriginalString);
+
         private AddItemTransform<TargetFrameworkInformation> ImportsTransformation => new AddItemTransform<TargetFrameworkInformation>(
             "PackageTargetFallback",
             t => $"$(PackageTargetFallback);{string.Join(";", t.Imports)}",
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs
index 69e80302a..a4562cbad 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs
@@ -23,12 +23,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests
                         ""BPackage"" : ""1.0.0""
                     }
                 }");
-
-            Console.WriteLine(mockProj.RawXml);
             
             EmitsPackageReferences(mockProj, Tuple.Create("APackage", "1.0.0-preview", ""), Tuple.Create("BPackage", "1.0.0", ""));            
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_migrates_Tools()
+        {
+            var mockProj = RunPackageDependenciesRuleOnPj(@"                
+                {
+                    ""tools"": {
+                        ""APackage"" : ""1.0.0-preview"",
+                        ""BPackage"" : ""1.0.0""
+                    }
+                }");
+            
+            EmitsToolReferences(mockProj, Tuple.Create("APackage", "1.0.0-preview"), Tuple.Create("BPackage", "1.0.0"));            
+        }
+
         private void EmitsPackageReferences(ProjectRootElement mockProj, params Tuple<string, string, string>[] packageSpecs)
         {
             foreach (var packageSpec in packageSpecs)
@@ -47,12 +59,28 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests
             }
         }
 
+        private void EmitsToolReferences(ProjectRootElement mockProj, params Tuple<string, string>[] toolSpecs)
+        {
+            foreach (var toolSpec in toolSpecs)
+            {
+                var packageName = toolSpec.Item1;
+                var packageVersion = toolSpec.Item2;
+
+                var items = mockProj.Items
+                    .Where(i => i.ItemType == "DotNetCliToolsReference")
+                    .Where(i => i.Include == packageName)
+                    .Where(i => i.GetMetadataWithName("Version").Value == packageVersion);
+
+                items.Should().HaveCount(1);
+            }
+        }
+
         private ProjectRootElement RunPackageDependenciesRuleOnPj(string s, string testDirectory = null)
         {
             testDirectory = testDirectory ?? Temp.CreateDirectory().Path;
             return TemporaryProjectFileRuleRunner.RunRules(new IMigrationRule[]
             {
-                new MigratePackageDependenciesRule()
+                new MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule()
             }, s, testDirectory);
         }
     }