diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index b2d6177a..4afdb32c 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleset>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)eng\CodeAnalysis.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleset>
     <EnableXlfLocalization>false</EnableXlfLocalization>
+    <ProduceReferenceAssembly>true</ProduceReferenceAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>