diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Tools.nuspec b/src/csharp/Grpc.Tools.nuspec
index 31d1bed647718cdfefafd8462969670c627f5dde..0c937ab9cbf4829554011a6b0c9fa6fdeb833eea 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Tools.nuspec
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Tools.nuspec
@@ -16,17 +16,18 @@
     <tags>gRPC RPC Protocol HTTP/2</tags>
   </metadata>
   <files>
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\windows_x86\protoc.exe" target="tools\windows_x86\protoc.exe" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\windows_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" target="tools\windows_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\windows_x64\protoc.exe" target="tools\windows_x64\protoc.exe" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\windows_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" target="tools\windows_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\linux_x86\protoc" target="tools\linux_x86\protoc" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\linux_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\linux_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\linux_x64\protoc" target="tools\linux_x64\protoc" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\linux_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\linux_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\macosx_x86\protoc" target="tools\macosx_x86\protoc" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\macosx_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\macosx_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\macosx_x64\protoc" target="tools\macosx_x64\protoc" />
-    <file src="protoc_plugins\macosx_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\macosx_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
+    <!-- forward slashes in src path enable building on Linux -->
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/windows_x86/protoc.exe" target="tools\windows_x86\protoc.exe" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/windows_x86/grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" target="tools\windows_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/windows_x64/protoc.exe" target="tools\windows_x64\protoc.exe" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/windows_x64/grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" target="tools\windows_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin.exe" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/linux_x86/protoc" target="tools\linux_x86\protoc" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/linux_x86/grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\linux_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/linux_x64/protoc" target="tools\linux_x64\protoc" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/linux_x64/grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\linux_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/macosx_x86/protoc" target="tools\macosx_x86\protoc" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/macosx_x86/grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\macosx_x86\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/macosx_x64/protoc" target="tools\macosx_x64\protoc" />
+    <file src="protoc_plugins/macosx_x64/grpc_csharp_plugin" target="tools\macosx_x64\grpc_csharp_plugin" />
   </files>
 </package>