diff --git a/Perspex.sln b/Perspex.sln
index 22b196d2c8..f9f2f0a09f 100644
--- a/Perspex.sln
+++ b/Perspex.sln
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Perspex.HtmlRenderer", "src
 EndProject
 Project("{D954291E-2A0B-460D-934E-DC6B0785DB48}") = "PlatformSupport", "src\Shared\PlatformSupport\PlatformSupport.shproj", "{E4D9629C-F168-4224-3F51-A5E482FFBC42}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "XamlTestApplicationPcl", "samples\XamlTestApplicationPcl\XamlTestApplicationPcl.csproj", "{EA113F1A-D8D7-4142-9948-353270E7EBAE}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SharedMSBuildProjectFiles) = preSolution
 		src\Shared\PlatformSupport\PlatformSupport.projitems*{e4d9629c-f168-4224-3f51-a5e482ffbc42}*SharedItemsImports = 13
@@ -235,6 +237,10 @@ Global
 		{5FB2B005-0A7F-4DAD-ADD4-3ED01444E63D}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{5FB2B005-0A7F-4DAD-ADD4-3ED01444E63D}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{5FB2B005-0A7F-4DAD-ADD4-3ED01444E63D}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{EA113F1A-D8D7-4142-9948-353270E7EBAE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{EA113F1A-D8D7-4142-9948-353270E7EBAE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{EA113F1A-D8D7-4142-9948-353270E7EBAE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{EA113F1A-D8D7-4142-9948-353270E7EBAE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -260,5 +266,6 @@ Global
 		{54F237D5-A70A-4752-9656-0C70B1A7B047} = {B9894058-278A-46B5-B6ED-AD613FCC03B3}
 		{FB05AC90-89BA-4F2F-A924-F37875FB547C} = {B9894058-278A-46B5-B6ED-AD613FCC03B3}
 		{E4D9629C-F168-4224-3F51-A5E482FFBC42} = {A689DEF5-D50F-4975-8B72-124C9EB54066}
+		{EA113F1A-D8D7-4142-9948-353270E7EBAE} = {9B9E3891-2366-4253-A952-D08BCEB71098}
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj b/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj
index d70e2e3297..d384db9372 100644
--- a/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj
+++ b/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj
@@ -77,10 +77,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="App.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="MainViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Views\MainWindow.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="App.config" />
@@ -146,17 +144,13 @@
       <Project>{811A76CF-1CF6-440F-963B-BBE31BD72A82}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.Win32</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="github_icon.png">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\XamlTestApplicationPcl\XamlTestApplicationPcl.csproj">
+      <Project>{ea113f1a-d8d7-4142-9948-353270e7ebae}</Project>
+      <Name>XamlTestApplicationPcl</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="Views\MainWindow.paml">
-      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="..\..\src\Shared\perspex.platform.targets" />
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplication/MainViewModel.cs b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/MainViewModel.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/XamlTestApplication/MainViewModel.cs
rename to samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/MainViewModel.cs
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3614e93d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System.Resources;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("XamlTestApplicationPcl")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("XamlTestApplicationPcl")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2015")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguage("en")]
+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version 
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplication/Views/MainWindow.cs b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/Views/MainWindow.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/XamlTestApplication/Views/MainWindow.cs
rename to samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/Views/MainWindow.cs
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplication/Views/MainWindow.paml b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/Views/MainWindow.paml
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/XamlTestApplication/Views/MainWindow.paml
rename to samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/Views/MainWindow.paml
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/XamlTestApplicationPcl.csproj b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/XamlTestApplicationPcl.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b8cc8ed1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/XamlTestApplicationPcl.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>10.0</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{EA113F1A-D8D7-4142-9948-353270E7EBAE}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>XamlTestApplication</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>XamlTestApplicationPcl</AssemblyName>
+    <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <ProjectTypeGuids>{786C830F-07A1-408B-BD7F-6EE04809D6DB};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
+    <TargetFrameworkProfile>Profile7</TargetFrameworkProfile>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- A reference to the entire .NET Framework is automatically included -->
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Views\MainWindow.paml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="MainViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Views\MainWindow.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="github_icon.png">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Markup\Perspex.Markup.Xaml\Perspex.Markup.Xaml.csproj">
+      <Project>{3e53a01a-b331-47f3-b828-4a5717e77a24}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Markup.Xaml</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Animation\Perspex.Animation.csproj">
+      <Project>{d211e587-d8bc-45b9-95a4-f297c8fa5200}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Animation</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Application\Perspex.Application.csproj">
+      <Project>{799a7bb5-3c2c-48b6-85a7-406a12c420da}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Application</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Base\Perspex.Base.csproj">
+      <Project>{b09b78d8-9b26-48b0-9149-d64a2f120f3f}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Base</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Controls\Perspex.Controls.csproj">
+      <Project>{d2221c82-4a25-4583-9b43-d791e3f6820c}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Controls</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Diagnostics\Perspex.Diagnostics.csproj">
+      <Project>{7062ae20-5dcc-4442-9645-8195bdece63e}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Diagnostics</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.HtmlRenderer\Perspex.HtmlRenderer.csproj">
+      <Project>{5fb2b005-0a7f-4dad-add4-3ed01444e63d}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.HtmlRenderer</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Input\Perspex.Input.csproj">
+      <Project>{62024b2d-53eb-4638-b26b-85eeaa54866e}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Input</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Interactivity\Perspex.Interactivity.csproj">
+      <Project>{6b0ed19d-a08b-461c-a9d9-a9ee40b0c06b}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Interactivity</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Layout\Perspex.Layout.csproj">
+      <Project>{42472427-4774-4c81-8aff-9f27b8e31721}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Layout</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.ReactiveUI\Perspex.ReactiveUI.csproj">
+      <Project>{6417b24e-49c2-4985-8db2-3ab9d898ec91}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.ReactiveUI</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.SceneGraph\Perspex.SceneGraph.csproj">
+      <Project>{eb582467-6abb-43a1-b052-e981ba910e3a}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.SceneGraph</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Styling\Perspex.Styling.csproj">
+      <Project>{f1baa01a-f176-4c6a-b39d-5b40bb1b148f}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Styling</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Themes.Default\Perspex.Themes.Default.csproj">
+      <Project>{3e10a5fa-e8da-48b1-ad44-6a5b6cb7750f}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Themes.Default</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Splat, Version=1.6.2.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\packages\Splat.1.6.2\lib\Portable-net45+win+wpa81+wp80\Splat.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Portable\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets" />
+  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
+       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
+  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
+  </Target>
+  -->
+</Project>
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diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplication/github_icon.png b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/github_icon.png
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/XamlTestApplication/github_icon.png
rename to samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/github_icon.png
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/packages.config b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/packages.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2115574cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/packages.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Splat" version="1.6.2" targetFramework="portable45-net45+win8" />
+</packages>
\ No newline at end of file