diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json
index 4729a9346cb823c546ae00dd12957f06d3f2c722..5443147d78d9b42c05946c1c7e10eb2c37bc4eee 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       "build/native/bin/macosx_x64/": "../nativelibs/macosx_x64/libgrpc_csharp_ext.dylib"
     }
   },
+  "shared": "Version.cs",
   "buildOptions": {
     "embed": [ "../../../etc/roots.pem" ]
   },
diff --git a/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template b/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template
index 6f9197f572f8bb8fa0b3dd07077d73fdc810472e..033efe8a2d481904ee43690656cef4544f048c53 100644
--- a/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template
+++ b/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/project.json.template
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         "build/native/bin/macosx_x64/": "../nativelibs/macosx_x64/libgrpc_csharp_ext.dylib"
       }
     },
+    "shared": "Version.cs",
     "buildOptions": {
       "embed": [ "../../../etc/roots.pem" ]
     },