diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ConstantPackageNames.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ConstantPackageNames.cs
index ada280bbf..4ccdbc3e6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ConstantPackageNames.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ConstantPackageNames.cs
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration
     internal class ConstantPackageNames
     {
         public const string CSdkPackageName = "Microsoft.NET.Sdk";
+        public const string CWebSdkPackageName = "Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web";
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ConstantPackageVersions.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ConstantPackageVersions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e20824810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ConstantPackageVersions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration
+{
+    internal class ConstantPackageVersions
+    {
+        public const string WebSdkPackageVersion = "1.0.0-alpha-20161027-4-91";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ProjectTypeDetector.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ProjectTypeDetector.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f4032143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/ProjectTypeDetector.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license info
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Internal.ProjectModel;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration
+{
+    public static class ProjectTypeDetector
+    {
+        public static bool TryDetectProjectType(string projectDirectory, out string projectType)
+        {
+            string projectJsonFile = Path.Combine(projectDirectory, "project.json");
+            if (!File.Exists(projectJsonFile))
+            {
+                projectType = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (IsWebProject(projectJsonFile))
+            {
+                projectType = "web";
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            projectType = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsWebProject(string projectJsonFile)
+        {
+            Project project;
+            if (ProjectReader.TryGetProject(projectJsonFile, out project))
+            {
+                if(project.IsTestProject)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                foreach (var tf in project.GetTargetFrameworks())
+                {
+                    if (tf.CompilerOptions.EmitEntryPoint.GetValueOrDefault()
+                        && HasAnyPackageContainingName(tf, ".AspNetCore."))
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private static bool HasAnyPackageContainingName(TargetFrameworkInformation tf, string nameSegment)
+        {
+            return tf.Dependencies.Any(x => x.Name.IndexOf(nameSegment, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule.cs
index 3f1a5de38..d1708e45b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
 
             var noFrameworkPackageReferenceItemGroup = migrationRuleInputs.OutputMSBuildProject.AddItemGroup();
 
+            AddProjectTypeSpecificDependencies(migrationSettings, noFrameworkPackageReferenceItemGroup);
+
             // Inject Sdk dependency
             _transformApplicator.Execute(
                 PackageDependencyInfoTransform.Transform(
@@ -76,6 +78,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
             MigrateTools(project, migrationRuleInputs.OutputMSBuildProject);
         }
 
+        private void AddProjectTypeSpecificDependencies(MigrationSettings migrationSettings, ProjectItemGroupElement noFrameworkPackageReferenceItemGroup)
+        {
+            string type;
+            if (ProjectTypeDetector.TryDetectProjectType(migrationSettings.ProjectDirectory, out type))
+            {
+                switch (type)
+                {
+                    case "web":
+                        _transformApplicator.Execute(
+                            PackageDependencyInfoTransform.Transform(
+                                new PackageDependencyInfo
+                                {
+                                    Name = ConstantPackageNames.CWebSdkPackageName,
+                                    Version = ConstantPackageVersions.WebSdkPackageVersion,
+                                    PrivateAssets = "All"
+                                }), noFrameworkPackageReferenceItemGroup, mergeExisting: false);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         private void MigrateImports(ProjectPropertyGroupElement commonPropertyGroup, TargetFrameworkInformation targetFramework)
         {
             var transform = ImportsTransformation.Transform(targetFramework);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs
index b7de22eb5..794942193 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigratePackageDependencies.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests
             privateAssetsMetadata.Value.Should().Be("All");
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_migrates_web_projects_to_have_web_sdk_PrivateAssets()
+        {
+            var mockProj = RunPackageDependenciesRuleOnPj(@"
+                {
+                    ""dependencies"": {
+                        ""Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc"" : {
+                            ""version"": ""1.0.0""
+                        }
+                    }
+                }");
+
+
+            var packageRef = mockProj.Items.First(i => i.Include == "Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web" && i.ItemType == "PackageReference");
+
+            var privateAssetsMetadata = packageRef.GetMetadataWithName("PrivateAssets");
+            privateAssetsMetadata.Value.Should().NotBeNull();
+            privateAssetsMetadata.Value.Should().Be("All");
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void It_migrates_suppress_parent_array_to_PrivateAssets()
         {