diff --git a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
index a9b1e02b4da..c84ca120add 100644
--- a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
+++ b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
     <_TargetFrameworkVersionValue>$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)', '$(_UndefinedTargetFrameworkVersion)'))</_TargetFrameworkVersionValue>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Set 7.0 as the TargetPlatformVersion for windows. -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'windows' and '$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == ''" >
+    <TargetPlatformVersion>7.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
     <!-- PropertyGroup flags control if Itemgroups in Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props file is being imported -->
   <PropertyGroup>
       <_EnableWindowsDesktopGlobbing Condition=" ('$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And