diff --git a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
index 49c6c9463..f63e73b2d 100644
--- a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
+++ b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
@@ -612,8 +612,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
         {
             var configuration = c.BuildContext.Get<string>("Configuration");
             var buildVersion = c.BuildContext.Get<BuildVersion>("BuildVersion");
+            var srcDir = Path.Combine(c.BuildContext.BuildDirectory, "src");
             outputDir = Path.Combine(outputDir, "sdk", buildVersion.NuGetVersion);
 
+            FS.CleanBinObj(c, srcDir);
             Rmdir(outputDir);
             Mkdirp(outputDir);
 
@@ -621,12 +623,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
             {
                 dotnet.Publish(
                     "--native-subdirectory",
-                    "--output",
-                    outputDir,
-                    "--configuration",
-                    configuration,
-                    Path.Combine(c.BuildContext.BuildDirectory, "src", project))
-                    .Environment("DOTNET_BUILD_VERSION", buildVersion.VersionSuffix)
+                    "--output", outputDir,
+                    "--configuration", configuration,
+                    "--version-suffix", buildVersion.CommitCountString,
+                    Path.Combine(srcDir, project))
                     .Execute()
                     .EnsureSuccessful();
             }
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/VersionTest.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/VersionTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6b618f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/VersionTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// 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;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Xunit;
+using FluentAssertions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenDotnetSdk : TestBase
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void VersionCommandDisplaysCorrectVersion()
+        {
+            CommandResult result = new DotnetCommand()
+                    .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--version");
+
+            result.Should().Pass();
+            Regex.IsMatch(result.StdOut.Trim(), @"[0-9]{1}\.[0-9]{1}\.[0-9]{1}-[a-zA-Z0-9]+-[0-9]{6}$").Should()
+                .BeTrue($"Unexpected dotnet sdk version - {result.StdOut}");
+
+        }
+    }
+}