diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
index 8b088e88c..fcfec2cc4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                     export.Library.Identity.Version.ToString(),
                     export.Library.Hash,
                     assemblies.Select(RuntimeAssembly.Create),
+                    export.NativeLibraries.Select(l => l.RelativePath),
                     export.ResourceAssemblies.Select(CreateResourceAssembly),
                     export.RuntimeTargets.Select(CreateRuntimeTarget),
                     libraryDependencies,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextCsvReader.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextCsvReader.cs
index 69c4b2bf2..ebab91f2e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextCsvReader.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextCsvReader.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                     version: identity.Item3,
                     hash: identity.Item4,
                     assemblies: packageGroup.Select(l => RuntimeAssembly.Create(l.AssetPath)),
+                    nativeLibraries: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
                     resourceAssemblies: Enumerable.Empty<ResourceAssembly>(),
                     subTargets: Enumerable.Empty<RuntimeTarget>(),
                     dependencies: Enumerable.Empty<Dependency>(),
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextJsonReader.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextJsonReader.cs
index 3dc15822f..ca0d90916 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextJsonReader.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextJsonReader.cs
@@ -169,10 +169,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                         ));
                 }
 
-                var assemblies = ReadAssemblies(libraryObject, DependencyContextStrings.RuntimeAssembliesKey)
+                var assemblies = ReadAssetList(libraryObject, DependencyContextStrings.RuntimeAssembliesKey)
                     .Select(RuntimeAssembly.Create)
                     .ToArray();
 
+                var nativeLibraries = ReadAssetList(libraryObject, DependencyContextStrings.NativeLibrariesKey);
+
                 var resourceAssemblies = ReadResourceAssemblies((JObject)libraryObject[DependencyContextStrings.ResourceAssembliesPropertyName]);
 
                 return new RuntimeLibrary(
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                     version: version,
                     hash: stub.Hash,
                     assemblies: assemblies,
+                    nativeLibraries: nativeLibraries,
                     resourceAssemblies: resourceAssemblies,
                     subTargets: runtimeTargets.ToArray(),
                     dependencies: dependencies,
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             }
             else
             {
-                var assemblies = ReadAssemblies(libraryObject, DependencyContextStrings.CompileTimeAssembliesKey);
+                var assemblies = ReadAssetList(libraryObject, DependencyContextStrings.CompileTimeAssembliesKey);
                 return new CompilationLibrary(stub.Type, name, version, stub.Hash, assemblies, dependencies, stub.Serviceable);
             }
         }
@@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             }
         }
 
-        private static string[] ReadAssemblies(JObject libraryObject, string name)
+        private static string[] ReadAssetList(JObject libraryObject, string name)
         {
             var assembliesObject = (JObject) libraryObject[name];
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs
index 7f098877e..b5df3f7a3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 
         internal const string RuntimeAssembliesKey = "runtime";
 
+        internal const string NativeLibrariesKey = "native";
+
         internal const string RuntimeTargetPropertyName = "runtimeTarget";
 
         internal const string LibrariesPropertyName = "libraries";
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextWriter.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextWriter.cs
index 2f26e8c49..1a6235345 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextWriter.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 return;
             }
             libraryObject.Add(new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.CompileTimeAssembliesKey,
-                 WriteAssemblies(compilationAssemblies))
+                 WriteAssetList(compilationAssemblies))
              );
         }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 return;
             }
             libraryObject.Add(new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.RuntimeAssembliesKey,
-                       WriteAssemblies(runtimeAssemblies.Select(a => a.Path)))
+                       WriteAssetList(runtimeAssemblies.Select(a => a.Path)))
                    );
         }
 
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 AddDependencies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.Dependencies);
                 AddRuntimeAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.Assemblies);
                 AddResourceAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.ResourceAssemblies);
+
+                if (runtimeLibrary.NativeLibraries.Any())
+                {
+                    libraryObject.Add(DependencyContextStrings.NativeLibrariesKey, WriteAssetList(runtimeLibrary.NativeLibraries));
+                }
+
                 return libraryObject;
             }
 
@@ -213,7 +219,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 
         private JObject WritePortableTargetLibrary(RuntimeLibrary runtimeLibrary, CompilationLibrary compilationLibrary)
         {
-
             var libraryObject = new JObject();
 
             var dependencies = new HashSet<Dependency>();
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 }
                 AddResourceAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.ResourceAssemblies);
                 AddRuntimeAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.Assemblies);
+                libraryObject.Add(DependencyContextStrings.NativeLibrariesKey, WriteAssetList(runtimeLibrary.NativeLibraries));
 
                 dependencies.UnionWith(runtimeLibrary.Dependencies);
             }
@@ -272,9 +278,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             }
         }
 
-        private JObject WriteAssemblies(IEnumerable<string> assemblies)
+        private JObject WriteAssetList(IEnumerable<string> assetPaths)
         {
-            return new JObject(assemblies.Select(assembly => new JProperty(NormalizePath(assembly), new JObject())));
+            return new JObject(assetPaths.Select(assembly => new JProperty(NormalizePath(assembly), new JObject())));
         }
 
         private JObject WriteLibraries(DependencyContext context)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/RuntimeLibrary.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/RuntimeLibrary.cs
index a3ee2332f..c7858de26 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/RuntimeLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/RuntimeLibrary.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             string version,
             string hash,
             IEnumerable<RuntimeAssembly> assemblies,
+            IEnumerable<string> nativeLibraries,
             IEnumerable<ResourceAssembly> resourceAssemblies,
             IEnumerable<RuntimeTarget> subTargets,
             IEnumerable<Dependency> dependencies,
@@ -23,9 +24,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             Assemblies = assemblies.ToArray();
             ResourceAssemblies = resourceAssemblies.ToArray();
             RuntimeTargets = subTargets.ToArray();
+            NativeLibraries = nativeLibraries.ToArray();
         }
 
         public IReadOnlyList<RuntimeAssembly> Assemblies { get; }
+        
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> NativeLibraries { get; }  
 
         public IReadOnlyList<ResourceAssembly> ResourceAssemblies { get; }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextJsonWriterTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextJsonWriterTests.cs
index cafc90bf2..2091b157b 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextJsonWriterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextJsonWriterTests.cs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new [] { RuntimeAssembly.Create("Banana.dll")},
+                                        new [] { "runtimes\\linux\\native\\native.so" },
                                         new [] { new ResourceAssembly("en-US\\Banana.Resource.dll", "en-US")},
                                         new []
                                         {
@@ -172,8 +173,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             var library = target.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("PackageName/1.2.3").Subject;
             var dependencies = library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("dependencies").Subject;
             dependencies.Should().HavePropertyValue("Fruits.Abstract.dll", "2.0.0");
+
             library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("runtime")
                 .Subject.Should().HaveProperty("Banana.dll");
+            library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("native")
+                .Subject.Should().HaveProperty("runtimes/linux/native/native.so");
 
             var runtimeTargets = library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("runtimeTargets").Subject;
 
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new [] { RuntimeAssembly.Create("Banana.dll")},
+                                        new [] { "native.dll" },
                                         new ResourceAssembly[] {},
                                         new []
                                         {
@@ -247,8 +252,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             var library = target.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("PackageName/1.2.3").Subject;
             var dependencies = library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("dependencies").Subject;
             dependencies.Should().HavePropertyValue("Fruits.Abstract.dll", "2.0.0");
+
             library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("runtime")
                 .Subject.Should().HaveProperty("Banana.dll");
+            library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("native")
+                .Subject.Should().HaveProperty("native.dll");
 
             library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("compile")
               .Subject.Should().HaveProperty("ref/Banana.dll");
@@ -286,6 +294,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new [] { RuntimeAssembly.Create("Banana.dll")},
+                                        new [] { "runtimes\\osx\\native\\native.dylib" },
                                         new ResourceAssembly[] {},
                                         new RuntimeTarget[] {},
                                         new [] {
@@ -303,6 +312,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             dependencies.Should().HavePropertyValue("Fruits.Abstract.dll", "2.0.0");
             library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("runtime")
                 .Subject.Should().HaveProperty("Banana.dll");
+            library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("native")
+                .Subject.Should().HaveProperty("runtimes/osx/native/native.dylib");
 
             //libraries
             var libraries = result.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("libraries").Subject;
@@ -327,6 +338,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new RuntimeAssembly[] { },
+                                        new string[] { },
                                         new []
                                         {
                                             new ResourceAssembly("en-US/Fruits.resources.dll", "en-US")
@@ -361,6 +373,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new RuntimeAssembly[] { },
+                                        new string[] { },
                                         new []
                                         {
                                             new ResourceAssembly("en-US/Fruits.resources.dll", "en-US")