diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml
index a5b40862c30c6a..edbc1c618f6066 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ parameters:
         src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.wasm.Sample.Mono/*
         src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack/*
         src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NETCore.BrowserDebugHost.Transport/*
-        src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/*
+        src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/**/*
         src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Workload*
         src/mono/sample/wasm/*
         src/mono/browser/*
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
       - eng/testing/scenarios/BuildWasmAppsJobsList.txt
       - eng/testing/tests.browser.targets
       - eng/testing/tests.was*.targets
-      - src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets
+      - src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/Sdk/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets
       - eng/testing/workloads-browser.targets
       - eng/testing/workloads-testing.targets
       - eng/testing/workloads-wasi.targets
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
       exclude:
       - eng/testing/scenarios/BuildWasiAppsJobsList.txt
       - eng/testing/scenarios/BuildWasmAppsJobsList.txt
-        src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets
+        src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/Sdk/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets
       - eng/testing/workloads-browser.targets
       - eng/testing/workloads-testing.targets
       - eng/testing/workloads-wasi.targets
diff --git a/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/Sdk/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets b/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/Sdk/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets
index dca02e0543769d..bc2fc4b5ef665e 100755
--- a/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/Sdk/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets
+++ b/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Runtime.WorkloadTesting.Internal/Sdk/WorkloadTesting.Core.targets
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
     <SdkWithWorkloadStampPath>$(SdkWithWorkloadForTestingPath)version-$(SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting).stamp</SdkWithWorkloadStampPath>
     <SdkWithWorkload_WorkloadStampPath>$(SdkWithWorkloadForTestingPath)workload.stamp</SdkWithWorkload_WorkloadStampPath>
+
+    <TemplateNuGetConfigPathForWorkloadTesting Condition="'$(TemplateNuGetConfigPathForWorkloadTesting)' == '' and '$(RepoRoot)' != ''">$(RepoRoot)NuGet.config</TemplateNuGetConfigPathForWorkloadTesting>
+    <InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsAfterThisTarget Condition="'$(InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsAfterThisTarget)' == ''">ArchiveTests</InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsAfterThisTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(InstallWorkloadForTesting)' == 'true'">
@@ -25,12 +28,12 @@
     <PreparePackagesForWorkloadInstall Condition="'$(PreparePackagesForWorkloadInstall)' == ''">true</PreparePackagesForWorkloadInstall>
     <InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsDependsOn>
       $(InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsDependsOn);
+      GetNuGetsToBuildForWorkloadTesting;
+      _PreparePackagesForWorkloadInstall;
       ProvisionDotNetForWorkloadTesting;
       _GetDotNetVersion;
       _FirstDotNetRun;
       _SetPackageVersionForWorkloadsTesting;
-      GetNuGetsToBuildForWorkloadTesting;
-      _PreparePackagesForWorkloadInstall;
       GetWorkloadInputs;
       _InstallWorkloads
     </InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsDependsOn>
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@
              AssemblyFile="$(WorkloadBuildTasksAssemblyPath)" />
 
   <Target Name="InstallWorkloadUsingArtifacts"
-          AfterTargets="ArchiveTests"
+          AfterTargets="$(InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsAfterThisTarget)"
           DependsOnTargets="$(InstallWorkloadUsingArtifactsDependsOn)"
           Condition="'$(InstallWorkloadForTesting)' == 'true'" />
 
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@
                      VersionBandForManifestPackages="$(VersionBandForManifestPackages)"
                      LocalNuGetsPath="$(BuiltNugetsDir)"
                      ExtraWorkloadInstallCommandArguments="$(ExtraWorkloadInstallCommandArguments)"
-                     TemplateNuGetConfigPath="$(RepoRoot)NuGet.config"
+                     TemplateNuGetConfigPath="$(TemplateNuGetConfigPathForWorkloadTesting)"
                      SdkWithNoWorkloadInstalledPath="$(_SdkWithNoWorkloadPath)"
                      IntermediateOutputPath="$(ArtifactsObjDir)"
                      SkipTempDirectoryCleanup="$(SkipTempDirectoryCleanup)"