diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 9364cfded31b..eab2b9c2bc49 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "10.0.100-rc.1.25411.109"
+    "version": "10.0.100-rc.1.25411.109",
+    "paths": [ ".dotnet", "$host$" ],
+    "errorMessage": "The .NET SDK could not be found, run ./restore.cmd or ./restore.sh first."
   },
   "tools": {
     "dotnet": "10.0.100-rc.1.25411.109",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets b/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets
index 1d4a655b7c61..42c4fad6af49 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/TestInfrastructure/PrepareForTest.targets
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
       <TestTemplateCreationFolder>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(OutputPath)$(TestTemplateCreationFolder)'))</TestTemplateCreationFolder>
       <CustomTemplateHivePath>$(TestTemplateCreationFolder)\Hives\$([System.Guid]::NewGuid())\.templateengine</CustomTemplateHivePath>
-      <TemplateTestDotNetRoot Condition="'$(IsHelixJob)' != 'true'">$(TestTemplateCreationFolder)dotnet\</TemplateTestDotNetRoot>
+      <TemplateTestDotNetRoot Condition="'$(IsHelixJob)' != 'true'">$(TestTemplateCreationFolder).dotnet\</TemplateTestDotNetRoot>
       <_DotNetHostFileName>dotnet</_DotNetHostFileName>
       <_DotNetHostFileName Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform(`Windows`))">dotnet.exe</_DotNetHostFileName>
     </PropertyGroup>
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
       <_FilesToCopy Include="$(LocalDotNetRoot)shared\**\*" DestinationRelativeFolder="shared\" />
       <_FilesToCopy Include="$(LocalDotNetRoot)sdk\**\*" DestinationRelativeFolder="sdk\" />
       <_FilesToCopy Include="$(SharedFrameworkLayoutRoot)\**\*" />
+      <_FilesToCopy Include="$(RepoRoot)\global.json" />
 
       <_DestinationFiles Include="@(_FilesToCopy->'$(TemplateTestDotNetRoot)%(DestinationRelativeFolder)%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/global.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/global.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..455cda64f319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/global.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "sdk": {
+    "version": "10.0.100-rc.1.25411.109",
+    "paths": [ "scripts/.dotnet", "$host$" ],
+    "errorMessage": "The .NET SDK could not be found, run ./restore.cmd or ./restore.sh first."
+  }
+}