diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs
index 53a00db23..b78918321 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs
@@ -57,11 +57,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
 
         private static void ResolveExecutablePath(ref string executable, ref string args)
         {
-            var fullExecutable = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, executable + Constants.ExeSuffix));
-
-            if (File.Exists(fullExecutable))
+            foreach (string suffix in Constants.RunnableSuffixes)
             {
-                executable = fullExecutable;
+                var fullExecutable = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(
+                                        AppContext.BaseDirectory, executable + suffix));
+
+                if (File.Exists(fullExecutable))
+                {
+                    executable = fullExecutable;
+
+                    // In priority order we've found the best runnable extension, so break.
+                    break;
+                }
             }
 
             // On Windows, we want to avoid using "cmd" if possible (it mangles the colors, and a bunch of other things)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Constants.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Constants.cs
index 2db4a72ab..3ef64fa97 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Constants.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
     internal static class Constants
     {
         public static readonly string ExeSuffix = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) ? ".exe" : string.Empty;
+
+        // Priority order of runnable suffixes to look for and run
+        public static readonly string[] RunnableSuffixes = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+                                                         ? new string[] { ".exe", ".cmd", ".bat" }
+                                                         : new string[] { string.Empty };
+
         public static readonly string HostExecutableName = "corehost" + ExeSuffix;
         public static readonly string DefaultConfiguration = "Debug";
         public static readonly string BinDirectoryName = "bin";