diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Compiler.Common/CommonCompilerOptionsExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Compiler.Common/CommonCompilerOptionsExtensions.cs
index 3f2803a97..5255f1437 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Compiler.Common/CommonCompilerOptionsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Compiler.Common/CommonCompilerOptionsExtensions.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compiler.Common
 
             syntax.DefineOptionList(s_additionalArgumentsTemplate.LongName, ref additionalArguments, "Pass the additional argument directly to the compiler");
 
-            syntax.DefineOption(s_debugTypeTemplate, ref debugType, "The type of PDB to emit: portable or full");
+            syntax.DefineOption(s_debugTypeTemplate.LongName, ref debugType, "The type of PDB to emit: portable or full");
 
             syntax.DefineOption(s_languageVersionTemplate.LongName, ref languageVersion,
                     "The version of the language used to compile");
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/CompilationOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/CompilationOptions.cs
index a59a3900c..d887671cc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/CompilationOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/CompilationOptions.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 
         public bool? PublicSign { get; }
 
+        public string DebugType { get; }    
+
         public bool? EmitEntryPoint { get; }
 
         public bool? GenerateXmlDocumentation { get; }
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             keyFile: null,
             delaySign: null,
             publicSign: null,
+            debugType: null,
             emitEntryPoint: null,
             generateXmlDocumentation: null);
 
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             string keyFile,
             bool? delaySign,
             bool? publicSign,
+            string debugType,
             bool? emitEntryPoint,
             bool? generateXmlDocumentation)
         {
@@ -64,8 +68,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             KeyFile = keyFile;
             DelaySign = delaySign;
             PublicSign = publicSign;
+            DebugType = debugType;
             EmitEntryPoint = emitEntryPoint;
             GenerateXmlDocumentation = generateXmlDocumentation;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs
index ca6118194..a3831d0be 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 
         internal const string PublicSignPropertyName = "publicSign";
 
+        internal const string DebugTypePropertyName = "debugType";
+
         internal const string EmitEntryPointPropertyName = "emitEntryPoint";
 
         internal const string GenerateXmlDocumentationPropertyName = "xmlDoc";
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}