diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index aeae5c6ca..128265ff6 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
       "showOutput": "always",
       "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
     },
+    {
+      "taskName": "build benchmark",
+      "suppressTaskName": true,
+      "args": [ "build", "tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/project.json", "-f", "netcoreapp1.1", "-c", "Release" ],
+      "showOutput": "always",
+      "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+    },
     {
       "taskName": "test",
       "args": ["tests/ImageSharp.Tests/project.json", "-f", "netcoreapp1.1"],
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 7346bdc28..c1b6f3363 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "projects": [ "src" ],
-    "sdk": {
+  "projects": [ "src", "tests" ],
+  "sdk": {
     "version": "1.0.0-preview2-003121"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Program.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Program.cs
index 8c609f015..789068426 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Program.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Program.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 namespace ImageSharp.Benchmarks
 {
     using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
-
+    
     using ImageSharp.Formats;
+    using System.Reflection;
 
     public class Program
     {
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Benchmarks
         /// </param>
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            new BenchmarkSwitcher(typeof(Program).Assembly).Run(args);
+            new BenchmarkSwitcher(typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly).Run(args);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/benchmark.sh b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/benchmark.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1966475bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/benchmark.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Build in release mode
+dotnet build -c Release -f netcoreapp1.1
+
+# Run benchmarks
+dotnet bin/Release/netcoreapp1.1/ImageSharp.Benchmarks.dll
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/project.json b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/project.json
index 866a36faa..6a8be9f89 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/project.json
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/project.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "allowUnsafe": true
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.Windows": "0.10.1",
     "ImageSharp": {
       "target": "project"
     },
@@ -46,10 +45,23 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "net46": {
       "dependencies": {
+        "BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.Windows": "0.10.1"
       },
       "frameworkAssemblies": {
         "System.Drawing": ""
       }
+    },
+    "netcoreapp1.1": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
+          "type": "platform",
+          "version": "1.1.0-*"
+        },
+        "BenchmarkDotNet": "0.10.2",
+        "CoreCompat.System.Drawing": "1.0.0-beta006",
+        "runtime.linux-x64.CoreCompat.System.Drawing": "1.0.0-beta009",
+        "System.Reflection": "4.3.0"
+      }
     }
   }
 }