diff --git a/build/Compile.targets b/build/Compile.targets
index b2ebb2ebc..b44ed8380 100644
--- a/build/Compile.targets
+++ b/build/Compile.targets
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@
     <!-- Publish DotNet -->
     <MSBuild Projects="$(SrcDirectory)/redist/redist.csproj"
              Targets="Publish" />
+
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(SrcDirectory)/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/DependencyVersions.props b/build/DependencyVersions.props
index 64284b4d5..e025ef04a 100644
--- a/build/DependencyVersions.props
+++ b/build/DependencyVersions.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-preview1-002101-00</CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion>
-    <CLI_MSBuild_Version>15.2.0-preview-000093-02</CLI_MSBuild_Version>
+    <CLI_MSBuild_Version>15.3.0-preview-000111-01</CLI_MSBuild_Version>
     <CLI_Roslyn_Version>2.0.0-rc4-61325-08</CLI_Roslyn_Version>
     <CLI_NETSDK_Version>2.0.0-alpha-20170428-1</CLI_NETSDK_Version>
     <CLI_NuGet_Version>4.3.0-beta1-2418</CLI_NuGet_Version>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj
index 5d14b7b57..bc95703fb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.ProjectModel" Version="$(CLI_NuGet_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation" Version="4.0.0" />
+</ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.5' ">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="4.1.0" />
@@ -31,4 +32,4 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.Common.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.Common.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..580d1220b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.Common.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// 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.Diagnostics;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver
+{
+    internal static partial class Interop
+    {
+        internal static string hostfxr_resolve_sdk(string exe_dir, string working_dir)
+        {
+            var buffer = new StringBuilder(capacity: 64);
+
+            for (;;)
+            {
+                int size = hostfxr_resolve_sdk(exe_dir, working_dir, buffer, buffer.Capacity);
+                if (size <= 0)
+                {
+                    Debug.Assert(size == 0);
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                if (size <= buffer.Capacity)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                buffer.Capacity = size;
+            }
+
+            return buffer.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.NETFramework.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.NETFramework.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1d567e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.NETFramework.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// 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.
+
+#if NET46
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver
+{
+    internal static partial class Interop
+    {
+        static Interop()
+        {
+            PreloadLibrary("hostfxr.dll");
+        }
+
+        // MSBuild SDK resolvers are required to be AnyCPU, but we have a native dependency and .NETFramework does not
+        // have a built-in facility for dynamically loading user native dlls for the appropriate platform. We therefore 
+        // preload the version with the correct architecture (from a corresponding sub-folder relative to us) on static
+        // construction so that subsequent P/Invokes can find it.
+        private static void PreloadLibrary(string dllFileName)
+        {
+            string basePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(Interop).Assembly.Location);
+            string architecture = IntPtr.Size == 8 ? "x64" : "x86";
+            string dllPath = Path.Combine(basePath, architecture, dllFileName);
+
+            // return value is intentially ignored as we let the subsequent P/Invokes fail naturally.
+            LoadLibraryExW(dllPath, IntPtr.Zero, LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH);
+        }
+
+        // lpFileName passed to LoadLibraryEx must be a full path.
+        private const int LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH = 0x8;
+
+        [DllImport("kernel32", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
+        private static extern IntPtr LoadLibraryExW(string lpFileName, IntPtr hFile, int dwFlags);
+
+        [DllImport("hostfxr", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern int hostfxr_resolve_sdk(string exe_dir, string working_dir, [Out] StringBuilder buffer, int buffer_size);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // NET46
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.NETStandard.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.NETStandard.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bff6fd84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Interop.NETStandard.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// 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.
+
+// NOTE: Currently, only the NET46 build ships (with Visual Studio/desktop msbuild), 
+// but the netstandard1.3 adaptation here acts a proof-of-concept for cross-platform 
+// portability of the underlying hostfxr API and gives us build and test coverage 
+// on non-Windows machines.
+#if NETSTANDARD1_3
+
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver
+{
+    internal static partial class Interop
+    {
+        internal static readonly bool s_runningOnWindows = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows);
+
+        private static int hostfxr_resolve_sdk(string exe_dir, string working_dir, [Out] StringBuilder buffer, int buffer_size)
+        {
+            // hostfxr string encoding is platform -specific so dispatch to the 
+            // appropriately annotated P/Invoke for the current platform.
+            return s_runningOnWindows
+                ? windows_hostfxr_resolve_sdk(exe_dir, working_dir, buffer, buffer_size)
+                : unix_hostfxr_resolve_sdk(exe_dir, working_dir, buffer, buffer_size);
+        }
+
+        [DllImport("hostfxr", EntryPoint = nameof(hostfxr_resolve_sdk), CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling=true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern int windows_hostfxr_resolve_sdk(string exe_dir, string working_dir, [Out] StringBuilder buffer, int buffer_size);
+
+        // CharSet.Ansi is UTF8 on Unix
+        [DllImport("hostfxr", EntryPoint = nameof(hostfxr_resolve_sdk), CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern int unix_hostfxr_resolve_sdk(string exe_dir, string working_dir, [Out] StringBuilder buffer, int buffer_size);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // NETSTANDARD1_3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/MSBuildSdkResolver.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/MSBuildSdkResolver.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fefbd46d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/MSBuildSdkResolver.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// 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 Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver
+{
+    public sealed class DotNetMSBuildSdkResolver : SdkResolver
+    {
+        public override string Name => "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver";
+
+        // Default resolver has priority 10000 and we want to go before it and leave room on either side of us. 
+        public override int Priority => 5000;
+
+        public override SdkResult Resolve(SdkReference sdkReference, SdkResolverContext context, SdkResultFactory factory)
+        {
+            // These are overrides that are used to force the resolved SDK tasks and targets to come from a given
+            // base directory and report a given version to msbuild (which may be null if unknown. One key use case
+            // for this is to test SDK tasks and targets without deploying them inside the .NET Core SDK.
+            string msbuildSdksDir = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_MSBUILD_SDK_RESOLVER_SDKS_DIR");
+            string netcoreSdkVersion = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_MSBUILD_SDK_RESOLVER_SDKS_VER");
+
+            if (msbuildSdksDir == null)
+            {
+                string netcoreSdkDir = ResolveNetcoreSdkDirectory(context);
+                if (netcoreSdkDir == null)
+                {
+                    return factory.IndicateFailure(
+                        new[]
+                        {
+                            "Unable to locate the .NET Core SDK. Check that it is installed and that the version"
+                            + "specified in global.json (if any) matches the installed version."
+                        });
+                }
+
+                msbuildSdksDir = Path.Combine(netcoreSdkDir, "Sdks");
+                netcoreSdkVersion = new DirectoryInfo(netcoreSdkDir).Name;;
+            }
+
+            string msbuildSdkDir = Path.Combine(msbuildSdksDir, sdkReference.Name, "Sdk");
+            if (!Directory.Exists(msbuildSdkDir))
+            {
+                return factory.IndicateFailure(
+                    new[] 
+                    {
+                        $"{msbuildSdkDir} not found. Check that a recent enough .NET Core SDK is installed"
+                        + " and/or increase the version specified in global.json. "
+                    });
+            }
+
+            return factory.IndicateSuccess(msbuildSdkDir, netcoreSdkVersion);
+        }
+
+        private string ResolveNetcoreSdkDirectory(SdkResolverContext context)
+        {
+            foreach (string exeDir in GetDotnetExeDirectoryCandidates())
+            {
+                string workingDir = context.SolutionFilePath ?? context.ProjectFilePath;
+                string netcoreSdkDir = Interop.hostfxr_resolve_sdk(exeDir, workingDir);
+
+                if (netcoreSdkDir != null)
+                {
+                    return netcoreSdkDir;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Search for [ProgramFiles]\dotnet in this order. Only ProgramFiles is defined on 
+        private static readonly string[] s_programFiles = new[]
+        {
+            // "c:\Program Files" on x64 machine regardless process bitness, undefined on x86 machines.
+            "ProgramW6432",
+
+            // "c:\Program Files (x86)" on x64 machine regardless of process bitness, undefined on x64 machines.
+            "ProgramFiles(x86)",
+
+            // "c:\Program Files" in x64 process, "c:\Program Files (x86)" in x86 process.
+            // hostfxr will search this on its own if multilevel lookup is not disable, but
+            // we do it explicitly to prevent an environment with disabled multilevel lookup
+            // from crippling desktop msbuild and VS.
+            "ProgramFiles",
+        };
+
+        private List<string> GetDotnetExeDirectoryCandidates()
+        {
+            string environmentOverride = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_MSBUILD_SDK_RESOLVER_CLI_DIR");
+            if (environmentOverride != null)
+            {
+                return new List<string>(1) { environmentOverride };
+            }
+
+            // Initial capacity is 2 because while there are 3 candidates, we expect at most 2 unique ones (x64 + x86)
+            // Also, N=3 here means that we needn't be concerned with the O(N^2) complexity of the foreach + contains.
+            var candidates = new List<string>(2); 
+            foreach (string variable in s_programFiles)
+            {
+                string directory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(variable);
+                if (directory == null)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                directory = Path.Combine(directory, "dotnet");
+                if (!candidates.Contains(directory))
+                {
+                    candidates.Add(directory);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (candidates.Count == 0)
+            {
+                candidates.Add(null); 
+            }
+
+            return candidates;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6399659d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Version>$(SdkVersion)</Version>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard1.3;net46</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">netstandard1.3</TargetFrameworks>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <WarningsAsErrors>true</WarningsAsErrors>
+    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
+    <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>false</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" Version="$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3'">
+    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="1.6.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="ResolveHostfxrCopyLocalContent" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46'" DependsOnTargets="ResolvePackageDependenciesForBuild" BeforeTargets="AssignTargetPaths">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Content Include="@(FileDefinitions->'%(ResolvedPath)')" Condition="'%(FileDefinitions.Path)' == 'runtimes/win-x86/native/hostfxr.dll'">
+        <Link>x86/hostfxr.dll</Link>
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </Content>
+      <Content Include="@(FileDefinitions->'%(ResolvedPath)')" Condition="'%(FileDefinitions.Path)' == 'runtimes/win-x64/native/hostfxr.dll'">
+        <Link>x64/hostfxr.dll</Link>
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </Content>
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.sln b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.sln
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d5062122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.sln
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio 15
+VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.26425.1
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver", "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj", "{DCB2A518-7BC6-43F5-BE2C-13B11A1F3961}"
+EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests", "..\..\test\Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests.csproj", "{CC488F39-E106-4BF4-9599-19A265AFD9AC}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{DCB2A518-7BC6-43F5-BE2C-13B11A1F3961}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{DCB2A518-7BC6-43F5-BE2C-13B11A1F3961}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{DCB2A518-7BC6-43F5-BE2C-13B11A1F3961}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{DCB2A518-7BC6-43F5-BE2C-13B11A1F3961}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{CC488F39-E106-4BF4-9599-19A265AFD9AC}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{CC488F39-E106-4BF4-9599-19A265AFD9AC}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{CC488F39-E106-4BF4-9599-19A265AFD9AC}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{CC488F39-E106-4BF4-9599-19A265AFD9AC}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Tests.sln b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Tests.sln
index 30e4e2f60..ffc08cbd5 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Tests.sln
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Tests.sln
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "dotnet-store.Tests", "dotne
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "dotnet-back-compat.Tests", "dotnet-back-compat.Tests\dotnet-back-compat.Tests.csproj", "{27351B2F-325B-4843-9F4C-BC53FD06A7B5}"
 EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests", "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests.csproj", "{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -506,6 +508,18 @@ Global
 		{27351B2F-325B-4843-9F4C-BC53FD06A7B5}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{27351B2F-325B-4843-9F4C-BC53FD06A7B5}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{27351B2F-325B-4843-9F4C-BC53FD06A7B5}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{42A0CAB4-FFAD-47D4-9880-C0F4EDCF93DE}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/GivenAnMSBuildSdkResolver.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/GivenAnMSBuildSdkResolver.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfbf14e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/GivenAnMSBuildSdkResolver.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using Xunit;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+using System;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenAnMSBuildSdkResolver
+    {
+        private ITestOutputHelper _logger;
+
+        public GivenAnMSBuildSdkResolver(ITestOutputHelper logger)
+        {
+            _logger = logger;
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ItHasCorrectNameAndPriority()
+        {
+            var resolver = new DotNetMSBuildSdkResolver();
+
+            Assert.Equal(5000, resolver.Priority);
+            Assert.Equal("Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver", resolver.Name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ItCallsNativeCodeWithoutCrashing() // WIP: placeholder to get plumbing through
+        {
+            var resolver = new DotNetMSBuildSdkResolver();
+            var result = (MockResult)resolver.Resolve(
+                new SdkReference("Microsoft.NET.Sdk", null, null),
+                new MockContext(),
+                new MockFactory());
+
+            _logger.WriteLine($"success: {result.Success}");
+            _logger.WriteLine($"errors: {string.Join(Environment.NewLine, result.Errors ?? Array.Empty<string>())}");
+            _logger.WriteLine($"warnings: {string.Join(Environment.NewLine, result.Warnings ?? Array.Empty<string>())}");
+            _logger.WriteLine($"path: {result.Path}");
+            _logger.WriteLine($"version: {result.Version}");
+        }
+
+        private sealed class MockContext : SdkResolverContext
+        {
+        }
+
+        private sealed class MockFactory : SdkResultFactory
+        {
+            public override SdkResult IndicateFailure(IEnumerable<string> errors, IEnumerable<string> warnings = null)
+                => new MockResult { Success = false, Errors = errors, Warnings = warnings };
+
+            public override SdkResult IndicateSuccess(string path, string version, IEnumerable<string> warnings = null)
+                => new MockResult { Success = true, Path = path, Version = version, Warnings = warnings };
+        }
+
+        private sealed class MockResult : SdkResult
+        {
+            public new bool Success { get => base.Success; set => base.Success = value; }
+            public string Version { get; set; }
+            public string Path { get; set; }
+            public IEnumerable<string> Errors { get; set; }
+            public IEnumerable<string> Warnings { get; set; }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e302505e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net46;$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">$(CliTargetFramework)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>../../tools/Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
+    <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver\Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="runtime.linux-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" Version="$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="runtime.osx-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" Version="$(CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="xunit.runner.json" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/xunit.runner.json b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/xunit.runner.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34b2fe2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.Tests/xunit.runner.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "shadowCopy": false
+}
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