diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 45c7c2c4..9afddef1 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ install:
       $targets.Save("C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\build\WindowsDriver.Common.targets")
       Add-AppveyorMessage "Hack to make WDK 1903 work on VS2015"
     }
+# Install .NET SDK on VS2015 image
+- ps: |
+    if ($env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE -eq "Visual Studio 2015") {
+        & ([scriptblock]::Create((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1'))) -InstallDir "C:\dotnet"
+    }
 # Submodules
 - git submodule update --init --recursive
 # Kernel and user mode dumps
@@ -76,6 +81,9 @@ build_script:
 # remove ARM64 project configurations to build in VS2015/VS2017
 - if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2015" tools\gensrc\remove-build-arm64.bat
 - if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2017" tools\gensrc\remove-build-arm64.bat
+# remove .NET library from solution for VS2015 and use the .NET SDK instead
+- if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2015" tools\gensrc\remove-build-dotnet.bat build\VStudio
+- if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2015" set PATH=C:\dotnet;%PATH%
 # build winfsp
 - tools\build.bat %CONFIGURATION%
 
diff --git a/build/VStudio/dotnet/winfsp.net.csproj b/build/VStudio/dotnet/winfsp.net.csproj
index d1eb9a0e..34dbc2f2 100644
--- a/build/VStudio/dotnet/winfsp.net.csproj
+++ b/build/VStudio/dotnet/winfsp.net.csproj
@@ -9,25 +9,9 @@
     <RootNamespace>Fsp</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>$(MyProductFileName)-msil</AssemblyName>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+	<GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+	<DocumentationFile>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\$(MyProductFileName)-msil.xml</DocumentationFile>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <DocumentationFile>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\$(MyProductFileName)-msil.xml</DocumentationFile>
-    <NoWarn>1591</NoWarn>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <DocumentationFile>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\$(MyProductFileName)-msil.xml</DocumentationFile>
     <NoWarn>1591</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/build/VStudio/testing/memfs-dotnet.csproj b/build/VStudio/testing/memfs-dotnet.csproj
index 857ce9f4..f47c2304 100644
--- a/build/VStudio/testing/memfs-dotnet.csproj
+++ b/build/VStudio/testing/memfs-dotnet.csproj
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.SDK">
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), build.common.props))/build.common.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net452</TargetFramework>
-    <ProjectName>memfs-dotnet</ProjectName>
-    <RootNamespace>memfs</RootNamespace>
-    <AssemblyName>memfs-dotnet-msil</AssemblyName>
-    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\dotnet\winfsp.net.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="..\..\..\tst\memfs-dotnet\Program.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.SDK">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), build.common.props))/build.common.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net452</TargetFramework>
+    <ProjectName>memfs-dotnet</ProjectName>
+    <RootNamespace>memfs</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>memfs-dotnet-msil</AssemblyName>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\dotnet\winfsp.net.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\..\tst\memfs-dotnet\Program.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/tools/build.bat b/tools/build.bat
index 9e5ebad7..a95877e0 100755
--- a/tools/build.bat
+++ b/tools/build.bat
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if X%~nx0==Xbuild-choco.bat (
 set BuildArm64=yes
 if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2015" (
     set BuildArm64=no
+    set UseDotnetSdk=yes
 )
 if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2017" (
     set BuildArm64=no
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ if X%SignedPackage%==X (
     if exist build\ for /R build\ %%d in (%Configuration%) do (
         if exist "%%d" rmdir /s/q "%%d"
     )
+	
+    if X%UseDotnetSdk%==Xyes (
+        dotnet build ./dotnet/ -c "%Configuration%" -p:SolutionDir=..\
+        if errorlevel 1 goto fail
+        dotnet build ./testing/memfs-dotnet.csproj -c "%Configuration%" -p:SolutionDir=..\
+        if errorlevel 1 goto fail
+    )
 
     if X%BuildArm64%==Xyes (
         devenv winfsp.sln /build "%Configuration%|ARM64"
diff --git a/tools/gensrc/remove-build-dotnet.bat b/tools/gensrc/remove-build-dotnet.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a12423d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gensrc/remove-build-dotnet.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+@echo off
+
+setlocal
+setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
+
+if "%1"=="" (
+    cd %~dp0..\..
+) else (
+    cd "%1"
+)
+
+
+if exist winfsp.sln (
+    powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%~dp0remove-sln-project.ps1' -Path '%cd%\winfsp.sln' -Match '*dotnet*'
+) else (
+    echo winfsp.sln not found in %cd%
+)
diff --git a/tools/gensrc/remove-sln-project.ps1 b/tools/gensrc/remove-sln-project.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccf8856e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gensrc/remove-sln-project.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+param (
+    [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Path,
+    [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Match
+)
+
+echo "Removing projects that match $($Match) from $($Path)"
+
+Get-Content $Path -Delimiter 'EndProject' |
+  Where-Object {$_ -notlike $Match} |
+  Set-Content "$($Path).new"
+  
+ Move-Item -Path "$($Path).new" -Destination $Path -Force
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