diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/DependencyContextBuilder.cs b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
index 1adef018d052..3a6579001523 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/DependencyContextBuilder.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel;
 using NuGet.Packaging;
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ public DependencyContextBuilder WithPackagesThatWereFiltered(Dictionary<PackageI
             return this;
         }
 
-        public DependencyContext Build()
+        public DependencyContext Build(string[] userRuntimeAssemblies = null)
         {
             CalculateExcludedLibraries();
 
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ public DependencyContext Build()
             foreach (var library in _dependencyLibraries.Values
                 .Where(l => !l.ExcludeFromRuntime && l.Type != "runtimepack"))
             {
-                var runtimeLibrary = GetRuntimeLibrary(library);
+                var runtimeLibrary = GetRuntimeLibrary(library, userRuntimeAssemblies);
                 if (runtimeLibrary != null)
                 {
                     runtimeLibraries.Add(runtimeLibrary);
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ private IEnumerable<RuntimeLibrary> GetRuntimePackLibraries()
             });
         }
 
-        private RuntimeLibrary GetRuntimeLibrary(DependencyLibrary library)
+        private RuntimeLibrary GetRuntimeLibrary(DependencyLibrary library, string[] userRuntimeAssemblies)
         {
             GetCommonLibraryProperties(library,
                 out string hash,
@@ -527,7 +528,14 @@ private RuntimeLibrary GetRuntimeLibrary(DependencyLibrary library)
 
             if (library.Type == "project" && !(referenceProjectInfo is UnreferencedProjectInfo))
             {
-                runtimeAssemblyGroups.Add(new RuntimeAssetGroup(string.Empty, referenceProjectInfo.OutputName));
+                var fileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(library.Path);
+                var assemblyPath = userRuntimeAssemblies?.FirstOrDefault(p => Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(p).Equals(fileName));
+                runtimeAssemblyGroups.Add(new RuntimeAssetGroup(string.Empty,
+                    [ new RuntimeFile(
+                        referenceProjectInfo.OutputName,
+                        library.Version.ToString(),
+                        assemblyPath is null || !File.Exists(assemblyPath) ? string.Empty : FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(assemblyPath).FileVersion)
+                    ]));
 
                 resourceAssemblies.AddRange(referenceProjectInfo.ResourceAssemblies
                                 .Select(r => new ResourceAssembly(r.RelativePath, r.Culture)));
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateDepsFile.cs b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateDepsFile.cs
index 090e7d4514cb..0ca1f6f2c200 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateDepsFile.cs
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateDepsFile.cs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ bool ShouldIncludeRuntimeAsset(ITaskItem item)
                                 .Concat(ResolvedRuntimeTargetsFiles.Select(f => new ResolvedFile(f, true)));
             builder = builder.WithResolvedNuGetFiles(resolvedNuGetFiles);
 
-            DependencyContext dependencyContext = builder.Build();
+            DependencyContext dependencyContext = builder.Build(UserRuntimeAssemblies);
 
             var writer = new DependencyContextWriter();
             using (var fileStream = File.Create(depsFilePath))