diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets
index ebd375b337da..acf88e6d359e 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets
@@ -841,6 +841,26 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
   </Target>
 
+  <!--
+    ============================================================
+                                        NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup
+
+    Emit an output group containing all files that get published.  This will be consumed by VS installer projects.
+    ============================================================
+    -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupDependsOn>
+      $(NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupDependsOn);
+      ComputeFilesToPublish;
+    </NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupDependsOn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup" DependsOnTargets="$(NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupDependsOn)" Returns="@(NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupOutputs)">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupOutputs Include="@(ResolvedFileToPublish->'%(FullPath)')" TargetPath="%(ResolvedFileToPublish.RelativePath)" OutputGroup="NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
   <!--
     This target exists for back-compat with Azure Functions SDK: https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/10363
     Because build copy-local now behaves the same as publish with respect to package dependency resolution,
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests/NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupTests.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests/NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..888f1bba0f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests/NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Microsoft.NET.TestFramework;
+using Microsoft.NET.TestFramework.Assertions;
+using Microsoft.NET.TestFramework.Commands;
+using Microsoft.NET.TestFramework.ProjectConstruction;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests
+{
+    public class NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupTests : SdkTest
+    {
+        public NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupTests(ITestOutputHelper log) : base(log)
+        {
+        }
+
+        private static List<string> FrameworkAssemblies = new List<string>()
+        {
+            "api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll",
+            "System.Runtime.dll",
+            "WindowsBase.dll",
+        };
+
+        [CoreMSBuildOnlyFact]
+        public void GroupPopulatedWithRid()
+        {
+            var testProject = this.SetupProject();
+            var testAsset = _testAssetsManager.CreateTestProject(testProject);
+
+            var restoreCommand = new RestoreCommand(Log, testAsset.Path, testProject.Name);
+            restoreCommand
+                .Execute()
+                .Should()
+                .Pass();
+
+            var buildCommand = new BuildCommand(Log, testAsset.Path, testProject.Name);
+            buildCommand
+                .Execute("/p:RuntimeIdentifier=win-x86", "/t:NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup")
+                .Should()
+                .Pass();
+
+            var testOutputDir = Path.Combine(testAsset.Path, testProject.Name, "TestOutput");
+            Log.WriteLine("Contents of NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup dumped to '{0}'.", testOutputDir);
+
+            // Check for the existence of a few specific files that should be in the directory where the 
+            // contents of NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup were dumped to make sure it's getting populated.
+            Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(testOutputDir, $"{testProject.Name}.exe")), $"Assembly {testProject.Name}.exe is present in the output group.");
+            foreach (var assem in FrameworkAssemblies)
+            {
+                Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(testOutputDir, assem)), $"Assembly {assem} is present in the output group.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [CoreMSBuildOnlyFact]
+        public void GroupNotPopulatedWithoutRid()
+        {
+            var testProject = this.SetupProject();
+            var testAsset = _testAssetsManager.CreateTestProject(testProject);
+
+            var restoreCommand = new RestoreCommand(Log, testAsset.Path, testProject.Name);
+            restoreCommand
+                .Execute()
+                .Should()
+                .Pass();
+
+            var buildCommand = new BuildCommand(Log, testAsset.Path, testProject.Name);
+            buildCommand
+                .Execute("/t:NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup")
+                .Should()
+                .Pass();
+
+            var testOutputDir = Path.Combine(testAsset.Path, testProject.Name, "TestOutput");
+            Log.WriteLine("Contents of NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup dumped to '{0}'.", testOutputDir);
+
+            // Since no RID was specified the output group should only contain framework dependent output
+            Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(testOutputDir, $"{testProject.Name}.exe")), $"Assembly {testProject.Name}.exe is present in the output group.");
+            foreach (var assem in FrameworkAssemblies)
+            {
+                Assert.False(File.Exists(Path.Combine(testOutputDir, assem)), $"Assembly {assem} is not present in the output group.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private TestProject SetupProject()
+        {
+            var testProject = new TestProject()
+            {
+                Name = "TestPublishOutputGroup",
+                TargetFrameworks = "netcoreapp3.0",
+                IsSdkProject = true,
+                IsExe = true
+            };
+
+            testProject.AdditionalProperties["RuntimeIdentifiers"] = "win-x86";
+
+            //  Use a test-specific packages folder
+            testProject.AdditionalProperties["RestorePackagesPath"] = @"$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\pkg";
+
+            // Add a target that will dump the contents of the NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup to
+            // a test directory after building.
+            testProject.CopyFilesTargets.Add(new CopyFilesTarget(
+                "CopyNetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup",
+                "NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroup",
+                "@(NetCorePublishItemsOutputGroupOutputs)",
+                "$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\\TestOutput"));
+
+            return testProject;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/CopyFilesTarget.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/CopyFilesTarget.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e1532f78d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/CopyFilesTarget.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.NET.TestFramework
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a target that will copy some set of files to a given location after some other target completes.
+    /// Useful for verifying the contents of an output group in a test.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class CopyFilesTarget
+    {
+        public CopyFilesTarget(string targetName, string targetToRunAfter, string sourceFiles, string destination)
+        {
+            TargetName = targetName;
+            TargetToRunAfter = targetToRunAfter;
+            SourceFiles = sourceFiles;
+            Destination = destination;
+        }
+
+        public string TargetName { get; private set; }
+        public string TargetToRunAfter { get; private set; }
+        public string SourceFiles { get; private set; }
+        public string Destination { get; private set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/ProjectConstruction/TestProject.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/ProjectConstruction/TestProject.cs
index 1d42d42fde5d..f0c4dbfd2f27 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/ProjectConstruction/TestProject.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/ProjectConstruction/TestProject.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class TestProject
         public List<TestPackageReference> PackageReferences { get; } = new List<TestPackageReference>();
 
         public List<TestPackageReference> DotNetCliToolReferences { get; } = new List<TestPackageReference>();
+        
+        public List<CopyFilesTarget> CopyFilesTargets { get; } = new List<CopyFilesTarget>();
 
         public Dictionary<string, string> SourceFiles { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
@@ -270,6 +272,22 @@ internal void Create(TestAsset targetTestAsset, string testProjectsSourceFolder)
                         new XAttribute("Include", reference)));
                 }
             }
+            
+            if (this.CopyFilesTargets.Any())
+            {
+                foreach (var copyFilesTarget in CopyFilesTargets)
+                {
+                    var target = new XElement(ns + "Target",
+                        new XAttribute("Name", copyFilesTarget.TargetName),
+                        new XAttribute("AfterTargets", copyFilesTarget.TargetToRunAfter));
+
+                    target.Add(new XElement(ns + "Copy",
+                        new XAttribute("SourceFiles", copyFilesTarget.SourceFiles),
+                        new XAttribute("DestinationFolder", copyFilesTarget.Destination)));
+
+                    projectXml.Root.Add(target);
+                }
+            }
 
             using (var file = File.CreateText(targetProjectPath))
             {