diff --git a/build/packer.deps.json b/build/packer.deps.json
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index 0000000000..c2994817ee
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+          "packer.dll": {}
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "libraries": {
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+      "serviceable": false,
+      "sha512": ""
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/build/packer.runtimeconfig.dev.json b/build/packer.runtimeconfig.dev.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..520d7b8758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/packer.runtimeconfig.dev.json
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+{
+  "runtimeOptions": {
+    "additionalProbingPaths": [
+      "C:\\Users\\tomlm\\.dotnet\\store\\|arch|\\|tfm|",
+      "C:\\Users\\tomlm\\.nuget\\packages",
+      "C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\sdk\\NuGetFallbackFolder"
+    ]
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/build/packer.runtimeconfig.json b/build/packer.runtimeconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79949366e7
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+{
+  "runtimeOptions": {
+    "tfm": "netcoreapp2.1",
+    "framework": {
+      "name": "Microsoft.NETCore.App",
+      "version": "2.1.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
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