diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs
index 574e900a0e73209da3c4989dc26fdaac50ef07ac..3ed2df203de3c182c8896b6ab06f6099d3cf3dd8 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs
@@ -351,11 +351,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
                 {
                     if (!hooksRegistered)
                     {
-                        // TODO(jtattermusch): register shutdownhooks for CoreCLR as well
-#if !NETSTANDARD1_5
-
-                        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit += ShutdownHookHandler;
-                        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DomainUnload += ShutdownHookHandler;
+#if NETSTANDARD1_5
+                        System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.Default.Unloading += (assemblyLoadContext) => { HandleShutdown(); };
+#else
+                        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit += (sender, eventArgs) => { HandleShutdown(); };
+                        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DomainUnload += (sender, eventArgs) => { HandleShutdown(); };
 #endif
                     }
                     hooksRegistered = true;
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
             }
 
             /// <summary>
-            /// Handler for AppDomain.DomainUnload and AppDomain.ProcessExit hooks.
+            /// Handler for AppDomain.DomainUnload, AppDomain.ProcessExit and AssemblyLoadContext.Unloading hooks.
             /// </summary>
-            private static void ShutdownHookHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
+            private static void HandleShutdown()
             {
                 Task.WaitAll(GrpcEnvironment.ShutdownChannelsAsync(), GrpcEnvironment.KillServersAsync());
             }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json
index 50c328abe1636bcd7b99222be4107a26a59b1274..aa1e4cc7fb9c9e69ef0d8549d7f36c381bb85c35 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "netstandard1.5": {
       "dependencies": {
         "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
+        "System.Runtime.Loader": "4.0.0",
         "System.Threading.Thread": "4.0.0"
       }
     }
diff --git a/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template b/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template
index ed5d649936564d56d2f778d8cf7a93340835191d..fcbef536c639b446ada5ee6f1897294740277e77 100644
--- a/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template
+++ b/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       "netstandard1.5": {
         "dependencies": {
           "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
+          "System.Runtime.Loader": "4.0.0",
           "System.Threading.Thread": "4.0.0"
         }
       }