diff --git a/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun.csproj b/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun.csproj
index e3dc42807ec9a5..886f80a59e265f 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <AssemblyName>ILCompiler.ReadyToRun</AssemblyName>
     <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppCurrent)</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true'">netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <DefineConstants>READYTORUN;$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj b/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj
index d2a4d51051d8c6..a443761a89408f 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/src/tools/crossgen2/crossgen2/crossgen2.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppCurrent)</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true'">netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
     <NoWarn>8002,NU1701</NoWarn>
     <Platforms>x64;x86</Platforms>
     <PlatformTargets Condition="'$(BuildArch)' != ''">$(BuildArch)</PlatformTargets>