diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 6e0ba32b5d..245a03dea6 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "projects": [ "src/fsharp", "tests" ]
+  "projects": [ "src/fsharp", "tests" ],
+  "sdk": {
+    "version": "1.0.0-preview2-003131"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/service/ProjectAnalysisTests.fs b/tests/service/ProjectAnalysisTests.fs
index 2c0f114ee4..d2d33f8166 100644
--- a/tests/service/ProjectAnalysisTests.fs
+++ b/tests/service/ProjectAnalysisTests.fs
@@ -4505,10 +4505,16 @@ module Project35b =
     open System.IO
 
     let fileName1 = Path.ChangeExtension(Path.GetTempFileName(), ".fsx")
+#if DOTNETCORE
+    let fileSource1 = """
+#r "System.Private.CoreLib.dll"
+#r "notexist.dll"
+"""
+#else
     let fileSource1 = """
-#r "System.dll"
 #r "notexist.dll"
 """
+#endif
     File.WriteAllText(fileName1, fileSource1)
     let cleanFileName a = if a = fileName1 then "file1" else "??"
 
@@ -4523,6 +4529,23 @@ module Project35b =
     let options = checker.GetProjectOptionsFromScript(fileName1, fileSource1) |> Async.RunSynchronously
 #endif
 
+[<Test>]
+let ``Test Project35b whole project errors`` () =
+#if DOTNETCORE
+    let options = checker.GetProjectOptionsFromScript(Project35b.fileName1, Project35b.fileSource1, assumeDotNetFramework=false) |> Async.RunSynchronously
+#else
+    let options = checker.GetProjectOptionsFromScript(Project35b.fileName1, Project35b.fileSource1) |> Async.RunSynchronously
+#endif
+    let wholeProjectResults = checker.ParseAndCheckProject(options) |> Async.RunSynchronously
+    for e in wholeProjectResults.Errors do 
+        printfn "Project35b error: <<<%s>>>" e.Message
+    wholeProjectResults.Errors.Length
+#if DOTNETCORE
+    |> shouldEqual 1
+#else
+    |> shouldEqual 2
+#endif
+
 [<Test>]
 let ``Test project35b Dependency files for ParseAndCheckFileInProject`` () =
     let checkFileResults =