diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index c9b1d07017..321cbc6137 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <SetupRoot>$(RepoRoot)</SetupRoot>
     <SourceDir>$(SetupRoot)src/</SourceDir>
     <SigningToolsDir>$(SetupRoot)eng\signing\</SigningToolsDir>
-    <LicenseFile>$(RepoRoot)LICENSE</LicenseFile>
+    <LicenseFile>$(RepoRoot)LICENSE.TXT</LicenseFile>
 
     <!-- Output directories -->
     <BinDir Condition="'$(BinDir)'==''">$(ArtifactsBinDir)</BinDir>
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.TXT
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.TXT
diff --git a/src/managed/CommonManaged.props b/src/managed/CommonManaged.props
index 81c9099e37..5195cc2c4d 100644
--- a/src/managed/CommonManaged.props
+++ b/src/managed/CommonManaged.props
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
     <Serviceable>true</Serviceable>
-    <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
+    <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE.TXT</PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://dot.net</PackageProjectUrl>
     <Authors>Microsoft</Authors>
     <NugetLicenseFile>$(RepoRoot)$(PackageLicenseFile)</NugetLicenseFile>
diff --git a/src/pkg/Directory.Build.props b/src/pkg/Directory.Build.props
index ae8dfb2c07..38949faeb4 100644
--- a/src/pkg/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/pkg/Directory.Build.props
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PackageLicenseFile>$(RepoRoot)LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
+    <PackageLicenseFile>$(RepoRoot)LICENSE.TXT</PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageThirdPartyNoticesFile>$(RepoRoot)THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.TXT</PackageThirdPartyNoticesFile>
-    <LicenseUrl>https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup/blob/master/LICENSE</LicenseUrl>
+    <LicenseUrl>https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT</LicenseUrl>
     <PackageDescriptionFile>$(SetupRoot)src/pkg/projects/descriptions.json</PackageDescriptionFile>
     <!-- This link should be updated for each release milestone, currently this points to 1.0.0 -->
     <ReleaseNotes>https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=799417</ReleaseNotes>
diff --git a/src/pkg/packaging/installers.proj b/src/pkg/packaging/installers.proj
index a13306f11e..e2a60d4ec7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/packaging/installers.proj
+++ b/src/pkg/packaging/installers.proj
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(RepoRoot)THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.TXT"
           DestinationFiles="$(SharedHostPublishRoot)ThirdPartyNotices.txt" />
 
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(RepoRoot)LICENSE"
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(RepoRoot)LICENSE.TXT"
           DestinationFiles="$(SharedHostPublishRoot)LICENSE.txt"
           Condition="'$(TargetsUnix)' == 'true'"/>