diff --git a/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.cpp b/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.cpp
index 33fd9ba569044026a94811c0a78454a051c153e2..e8722f5535db03072fe4307767de87d22aa8dd71 100644
--- a/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.cpp
+++ b/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.cpp
@@ -124,4 +124,45 @@ bool comhost_test::concurrent(const pal::string_t &comhost_path, const pal::stri
 
     std::cout << ss.str();
     return succeeded;
+}
+
+bool comhost_test::errorinfo(const pal::string_t &comhost_path, const pal::string_t &clsid_str, int count)
+{
+    CLSID clsid;
+    std::vector<char> clsidVect;
+    if (!get_clsid(clsid_str, &clsid, clsidVect))
+        return false;
+
+    comhost_exports comhost(comhost_path);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+    {
+        HRESULT hr = activate_class(comhost, clsid);
+        if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+            return false;
+
+        IErrorInfo *ei = nullptr;
+        hr = ::GetErrorInfo(0, &ei);
+        if (FAILED(hr) || ei == nullptr)
+        {
+            std::cout << "IErrorInfo not set" << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        BSTR errorDesc = nullptr;
+        hr = ei->GetDescription(&errorDesc);
+        if (FAILED(hr) || errorDesc == nullptr)
+        {
+            ei->Release();
+            std::cout << "IErrorInfo description not set" << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        std::wcout << errorDesc << std::endl;
+
+        ::SysFreeString(errorDesc);
+        ei->Release();
+    }
+
+    return true;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.h b/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.h
index 39d37af64c335343be3b7e4e06ee454ea9e468f4..adb44911e332ee21a59687be5bc9f57c557bf367 100644
--- a/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.h
+++ b/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/comhost_test.h
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ namespace comhost_test
     bool synchronous(const pal::string_t &comhost_path, const pal::string_t &clsid_str, int count);
 
     bool concurrent(const pal::string_t &comhost_path, const pal::string_t &clsid_str, int count);
+
+    bool errorinfo(const pal::string_t &comhost_path, const pal::string_t &clsid_str, int count);
 }
diff --git a/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/nativehost.cpp b/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/nativehost.cpp
index 95b952f7e5c0bcfd86f779995696227dde89bb5c..d16b469c23556268bc616e7385ada3a5e55a75b1 100644
--- a/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/nativehost.cpp
+++ b/src/installer/corehost/cli/test/nativehost/nativehost.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ int main(const int argc, const pal::char_t *argv[])
         {
             success = comhost_test::concurrent(comhost_path, clsid_str, count);
         }
+        else if (pal::strcmp(scenario, _X("errorinfo")) == 0)
+        {
+            success = comhost_test::errorinfo(comhost_path, clsid_str, count);
+        }
 
         return success ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
diff --git a/src/installer/test/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/Comhost.cs b/src/installer/test/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/Comhost.cs
index 8e5a39e296551de8c30a3eea27b66fd91a02e8cd..1ebc2cb4d7a7e13336836f293c4d78ad15d5c5ed 100644
--- a/src/installer/test/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/Comhost.cs
+++ b/src/installer/test/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/Comhost.cs
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ public void ActivateClass(int count, bool synchronous)
             string scenario = synchronous ? "synchronous" : "concurrent";
             string args = $"comhost {scenario} {count} {sharedState.ComHostPath} {sharedState.ClsidString}";
             CommandResult result = Command.Create(sharedState.NativeHostPath, args)
-                .CaptureStdErr()
-                .CaptureStdOut()
-                .EnvironmentVariable("COREHOST_TRACE", "1")
+                .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT", sharedState.ComLibraryFixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
                 .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT(x86)", sharedState.ComLibraryFixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
                 .Execute();
@@ -59,26 +57,57 @@ public void ActivateClass_IgnoreAppLocalHostFxr()
                 return;
             }
 
-            var fixture = sharedState.ComLibraryFixture.Copy();
+            using (var fixture = sharedState.ComLibraryFixture.Copy())
+            {
+                File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fixture.TestProject.BuiltApp.Location, "hostfxr.dll"), string.Empty);
+                var comHostWithAppLocalFxr = Path.Combine(
+                    fixture.TestProject.BuiltApp.Location,
+                    $"{ fixture.TestProject.AssemblyName }.comhost.dll");
+
+                string args = $"comhost synchronous 1 {comHostWithAppLocalFxr} {sharedState.ClsidString}";
+                CommandResult result = Command.Create(sharedState.NativeHostPath, args)
+                    .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
+                    .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT", fixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
+                    .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT(x86)", fixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
+                    .Execute();
+
+                result.Should().Pass()
+                    .And.HaveStdOutContaining("New instance of Server created")
+                    .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"Activation of {sharedState.ClsidString} succeeded.")
+                    .And.HaveStdErrContaining("Using environment variable DOTNET_ROOT");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ActivateClass_ValidateIErrorInfoResult()
+        {
+            if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                // COM activation is only supported on Windows
+                return;
+            }
 
-            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fixture.TestProject.BuiltApp.Location, "hostfxr.dll"), string.Empty);
-            var comHostWithAppLocalFxr = Path.Combine(
-                fixture.TestProject.BuiltApp.Location,
-                $"{ fixture.TestProject.AssemblyName }.comhost.dll");
+            using (var fixture = sharedState.ComLibraryFixture.Copy())
+            {
+                string missingRuntimeConfig = Path.Combine(fixture.TestProject.BuiltApp.Location,
+                            $"{ fixture.TestProject.AssemblyName }.runtimeconfig.json");
 
-            string args = $"comhost synchronous 1 {comHostWithAppLocalFxr} {sharedState.ClsidString}";
-            CommandResult result = Command.Create(sharedState.NativeHostPath, args)
-                .CaptureStdErr()
-                .CaptureStdOut()
-                .EnvironmentVariable("COREHOST_TRACE", "1")
-                .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT", fixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
-                .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT(x86)", fixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
-                .Execute();
+                File.Delete(missingRuntimeConfig);
 
-            result.Should().Pass()
-                .And.HaveStdOutContaining("New instance of Server created")
-                .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"Activation of {sharedState.ClsidString} succeeded.")
-                .And.HaveStdErrContaining("Using environment variable DOTNET_ROOT");
+                var comHost = Path.Combine(
+                    fixture.TestProject.BuiltApp.Location,
+                    $"{ fixture.TestProject.AssemblyName }.comhost.dll");
+
+                string args = $"comhost errorinfo 1 {comHost} {sharedState.ClsidString}";
+                CommandResult result = Command.Create(sharedState.NativeHostPath, args)
+                    .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
+                    .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT", fixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
+                    .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT(x86)", fixture.BuiltDotnet.BinPath)
+                    .Execute();
+
+                result.Should().Pass()
+                    .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"The specified runtimeconfig.json [{missingRuntimeConfig}] does not exist");
+            }
         }
 
         public class SharedTestState : SharedTestStateBase
@@ -100,6 +129,7 @@ public SharedTestState()
                     .EnsureRestored(RepoDirectories.CorehostPackages)
                     .BuildProject();
 
+                // [TODO] BEGIN - Remove once using .NET Core 3.0 to build tests
                 ComHostPath = Path.Combine(
                     ComLibraryFixture.TestProject.BuiltApp.Location,
                     $"{ ComLibraryFixture.TestProject.AssemblyName }.comhost.dll");
@@ -118,6 +148,7 @@ public SharedTestState()
                     }
                 };
                 File.WriteAllText($"{ ComHostPath }.clsidmap", clsidMap.ToString());
+                // [TODO] END - Remove once using .NET Core 3.0 to build tests
             }
 
             protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)