diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
index 4cbb5f0f5..1cf20cdb7 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // 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 Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
 using Xunit;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
             var testAppName = "MSBuildTestAppWithToolInDependencies";
             var testInstance = TestAssetsManager
                 .CreateTestInstance(testAppName);
+            var configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("Configuration") ?? "Debug";
 
             var testProjectDirectory = testInstance.TestRoot;
 
@@ -108,7 +110,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
 
             new DotnetCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
-                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("-v dependency-tool-invoker -f netcoreapp1.0 portable")
+                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput(
+                    $"-v dependency-tool-invoker -c {configuration} -f netcoreapp1.0 portable")
                 .Should()
                 .Pass()
                 .And
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolverBeingUsedWithMSBuild.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolverBeingUsedWithMSBuild.cs
index 8633c0753..e73b8b77f 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolverBeingUsedWithMSBuild.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolverBeingUsedWithMSBuild.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
     {
         private TestInstance MSBuildTestProjectInstance;
         private RepoDirectoriesProvider _repoDirectoriesProvider;
+        private string _configuration;
 
         public GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolverBeingUsedWithMSBuild()
         {
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 .Should()
                 .Pass();
 
+            _configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("Configuration") ?? "Debug";
+
             Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(
                 Constants.MSBUILD_EXE_PATH,
                 Path.Combine(_repoDirectoriesProvider.Stage2Sdk, "msbuild.exe"));
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 CommandArguments = null,
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Path,
-                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Configuration = _configuration,
                 Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp10
             };
 
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 CommandArguments = null,
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Path,
-                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Configuration = _configuration,
                 Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp10
             };
 
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
                 CommandArguments = null,
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Path,
-                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Configuration = _configuration,
                 Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp10
             };
 
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 CommandArguments = null,
                 ProjectDirectory = testInstance.Path,
-                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Configuration = _configuration,
                 Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp10,
                 OutputPath = outputDir
             };