diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotnetUsesDotnetTools.cs b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotnetUsesDotnetTools.cs
index c9b46d6a9..3e32c4a45 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotnetUsesDotnetTools.cs
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotnetUsesDotnetTools.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace EndToEnd
 {
     public class GivenDotnetUsesDotnetTools : TestBase
     {
-        [Fact]
+        [RequiresAspNetCore]
         public void ThenOneDotnetToolsCanBeCalled()
         {
             new DotnetCommand()
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs
index de2af4896..96fba749a 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
         private string _builtDotnet;
         private string _nugetPackages;
         private string _stage2Sdk;
+        private string _stage2AspNetCore;
         private string _stage2WithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimesDirectory;
         private string _testPackages;
         private string _testWorkingFolder;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
         public string DotnetRoot => _dotnetRoot;
         public string NugetPackages => _nugetPackages;
         public string Stage2Sdk => _stage2Sdk;
+        public string Stage2AspNetCore => _stage2AspNetCore;
         public string Stage2WithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimesDirectory => _stage2WithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimesDirectory;
         public string TestPackages => _testPackages;
         public string TestWorkingFolder => _testWorkingFolder;
@@ -116,6 +118,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
                 .EnumerateDirectories(Path.Combine(_artifacts, "dotnet", "sdk"))
                 .First(d => !d.Contains("NuGetFallbackFolder"));
 
+            string AspNetCoreDir = Path.Combine(_dotnetRoot, "shared", "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App");
+            if (Directory.Exists(AspNetCoreDir))
+            {
+                _stage2AspNetCore = Directory.EnumerateDirectories(AspNetCoreDir).First();
+            }
+
             _stage2WithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimesDirectory =
                 Path.Combine(_artifacts, "dotnetWithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimes");
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RequiresAspNetCore.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RequiresAspNetCore.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e55474843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RequiresAspNetCore.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// 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 Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
+{
+    public class RequiresAspNetCore : FactAttribute
+    {
+        public RequiresAspNetCore()
+        {
+            var  repoDirectoriesProvider = new RepoDirectoriesProvider();
+            
+            if (repoDirectoriesProvider.Stage2AspNetCore == null)
+            {
+                this.Skip = $"This test requires a AspNetCore but it isn't present.";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}