diff --git a/build/Targets/VSL.Imports.targets b/build/Targets/VSL.Imports.targets
index 7c83cfa65a8528c2df958ac8c10005620e264648..20f4a0dc86071f77cb016be7dd238cf31a952a91 100644
--- a/build/Targets/VSL.Imports.targets
+++ b/build/Targets/VSL.Imports.targets
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@
     </When>
   </Choose>
 
+  <!-- Work around mono bug -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == 'DNXCore' and '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
+      <!-- Manually set assembly search paths so they don't get mangled later -->
+      <AssemblySearchPaths Condition=" '$(AssemblySearchPaths)' == ''">
+          {CandidateAssemblyFiles};
+          $(ReferencePath);
+          {HintPathFromItem};
+          {TargetFrameworkDirectory};
+          {Registry:$(FrameworkRegistryBase),$(TargetFrameworkVersion),$(AssemblyFoldersSuffix)$(AssemblyFoldersExConditions)};
+          {GAC};
+          {RawFileName};
+          $(OutDir)
+      </AssemblySearchPaths>
+      <RemoveAssemblyFoldersIfNoTargetFramework>false</RemoveAssemblyFoldersIfNoTargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Portable\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.Portable.VisualBasic.targets" Condition="'$(ProjectLanguage)' == 'VB' And '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETPortable'"/>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Portable\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets" Condition="'$(ProjectLanguage)' == 'CSharp' And '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETPortable'"/>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" Condition="'$(ProjectLanguage)' == 'VB' And '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETPortable'" />