diff --git a/src/System.Memory/ref/Configurations.props b/src/System.Memory/ref/Configurations.props
index c398e42e8994..129adad32f9c 100644
--- a/src/System.Memory/ref/Configurations.props
+++ b/src/System.Memory/ref/Configurations.props
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <BuildConfigurations>
       netstandard;
+      netstandard1.0;
     </BuildConfigurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/src/System.Memory/ref/System.Memory.csproj b/src/System.Memory/ref/System.Memory.csproj
index 5d4aed70a738..bbe2f4e04e1c 100644
--- a/src/System.Memory/ref/System.Memory.csproj
+++ b/src/System.Memory/ref/System.Memory.csproj
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="System.Memory.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetGroup)' == 'netstandard1.0'">
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.targets))\dir.targets" />
 </Project>
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