diff --git a/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/RabbitMQ.Client.csproj b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/RabbitMQ.Client.csproj
index 1f15ba91d4..a492514675 100755
--- a/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/RabbitMQ.Client.csproj
+++ b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/RabbitMQ.Client.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>The RabbitMQ .NET client is the official client library for C# (and, implicitly, other .NET languages)</Description>
     <VersionPrefix>5.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.5</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.5;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.5' ">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.5' Or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);CORECLR</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>