diff --git a/src/installer/tests/AppHost.Bundle.Tests/AppLaunch.cs b/src/installer/tests/AppHost.Bundle.Tests/AppLaunch.cs
index c1ccb708ad6719..e301aabfee94f9 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/AppHost.Bundle.Tests/AppLaunch.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/AppHost.Bundle.Tests/AppLaunch.cs
@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@ public AppLaunch(AppLaunch.SharedTestState fixture)
 
         private void RunTheApp(string path, bool selfContained)
         {
-            Command.Create(path)
-                .CaptureStdErr()
-                .CaptureStdOut()
+            var result = Command.Create(path)
+                .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .DotNetRoot(selfContained ? null : TestContext.BuiltDotNet.BinPath)
-                .Execute()
-                .Should().Pass()
+                .Execute();
+            result.Should().Pass()
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining("Hello World!");
+
+            if (selfContained)
+            {
+                result.Should().NotHaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                result.Should().HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, TestContext.BuiltDotNet.DotnetExecutablePath);
+            }
         }
 
         private string MakeUniversalBinary(string path, Architecture architecture)
diff --git a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/ApplicationExecution.cs b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/ApplicationExecution.cs
index a91cd009aa20c0..f0d8f8df2d378a 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/ApplicationExecution.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/ApplicationExecution.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Xunit;
+using HostActivation.Tests;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Test.HostActivation.NativeHosting
 {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public void RunApp()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
                 .And.InitializeContextForApp(app.AppDll)
+                .And.HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, TestContext.BuiltDotNet.DotnetExecutablePath)
                 .And.ExecuteApplication(sharedState.NativeHostPath, app.AppDll);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/GetFunctionPointer.cs b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/GetFunctionPointer.cs
index 98eadc0b0769c3..7e7712ebbca8eb 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/GetFunctionPointer.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/NativeHosting/GetFunctionPointer.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 
+using HostActivation.Tests;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ public void CallDelegateOnApplicationContext(bool validType, bool validMethod)
                 .Execute();
 
             result.Should()
-                .InitializeContextForApp(app.AppDll);
+                .InitializeContextForApp(app.AppDll)
+                .And.HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, TestContext.BuiltDotNet.DotnetExecutablePath);
 
             if (validType && validMethod)
             {
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ public void CallDelegateOnComponentContext(bool validType, bool validMethod)
                 .Execute();
 
             result.Should()
-                .InitializeContextForConfig(component.RuntimeConfigJson);
+                .InitializeContextForConfig(component.RuntimeConfigJson)
+                .And.HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, TestContext.BuiltDotNet.DotnetExecutablePath);
 
             // This should fail even with the valid type and valid method,
             // because the type is not resolvable from the default AssemblyLoadContext.
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ public void CallDelegateOnSelfContainedApplicationContext()
                 .Execute();
 
             result.Should().Pass()
+                .And.NotHaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath)
                 .And.InitializeContextForApp(app.AppDll)
                 .And.ExecuteFunctionPointer(sharedState.FunctionPointerEntryPoint1, 1, 1)
                 .And.ExecuteInDefaultContext(app.AssemblyName);
diff --git a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/RuntimeProperties.cs b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/RuntimeProperties.cs
index 39b872df613288..bac0d74cd39239 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/RuntimeProperties.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/RuntimeProperties.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Test;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.TestUtils;
 using Xunit;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public void AppConfigProperty_AppCanGetData()
                 .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
-                .And.HaveStdErrContaining($"Property {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyName} = {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue}")
+                .And.HaveProperty(SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyName, SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue)
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"AppContext.GetData({SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyName}) = {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue}");
         }
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public void FrameworkConfigProperty_AppCanGetData()
                 .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
-                .And.HaveStdErrContaining($"Property {SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyName} = {SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyValue}")
+                .And.HaveProperty(SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyName, SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyValue)
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"AppContext.GetData({SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyName}) = {SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyValue}");
         }
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public void DuplicateConfigProperty_AppConfigValueUsed()
                 .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
-                .And.HaveStdErrContaining($"Property {SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyName} = {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue}")
+                .And.HaveProperty(SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyName, SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue)
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"AppContext.GetData({SharedTestState.FrameworkTestPropertyName}) = {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue}");
         }
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public void HostFxrPathProperty_SetWhenRunningSDKCommand()
                 .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
-                .And.HaveStdErrContaining($"Property {SharedTestState.HostFxrPathPropertyName} = {dotnet.GreatestVersionHostFxrFilePath}");
+                .And.HaveProperty(SharedTestState.HostFxrPathPropertyName, dotnet.GreatestVersionHostFxrFilePath);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -77,9 +78,57 @@ public void HostFxrPathProperty_NotVisibleFromApp()
                 .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
+                .And.NotHaveProperty(SharedTestState.HostFxrPathPropertyName)
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"Property '{SharedTestState.HostFxrPathPropertyName}' was not found.");
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void DotNetHostPathProperty_FrameworkDependentApp()
+        {
+            // DOTNET_HOST_PATH property should point to the dotnet executable in the dotnet root directory
+            sharedState.DotNet.Exec(sharedState.App.AppDll, PrintProperties, Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath)
+                .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
+                .Execute()
+                .Should().Pass()
+                .And.HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, sharedState.DotNet.DotnetExecutablePath)
+                .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"AppContext.GetData({Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath}) = {sharedState.DotNet.DotnetExecutablePath}");
+
+            Command.Create(sharedState.App.AppExe, PrintProperties, Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath)
+                .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
+                .DotNetRoot(sharedState.DotNet.BinPath)
+                .Execute()
+                .Should().Pass()
+                .And.HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, sharedState.DotNet.DotnetExecutablePath)
+                .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"AppContext.GetData({Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath}) = {sharedState.DotNet.DotnetExecutablePath}");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DotNetHostPathProperty_SDKCommand()
+        {
+            // DOTNET_HOST_PATH property should point to the dotnet executable used to run the command
+            var dotnet = sharedState.MockSDK;
+            dotnet.Exec("--info")
+                .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
+                .Execute()
+                .Should().Pass()
+                .And.HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, dotnet.DotnetExecutablePath);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DotNetHostPathProperty_SDKCommand_LocalInstall()
+        {
+            using TestArtifact workingDirectory = TestArtifact.Create("dotnetHostPath");
+            GlobalJson.Write(workingDirectory.Location, new GlobalJson.Sdk() { Paths = [ sharedState.MockSDK.BinPath ] });
+
+            // DOTNET_HOST_PATH should point to the dotnet executable in the local SDK install used to run the command
+            sharedState.DotNet.Exec("--info")
+                .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
+                .WorkingDirectory(workingDirectory.Location)
+                .Execute()
+                .Should().Pass()
+                .And.HaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath, sharedState.MockSDK.DotnetExecutablePath);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void DuplicateCommonProperty_Fails()
         {
@@ -110,7 +159,7 @@ public void SpecifiedInConfigAndDevConfig_ConfigWins()
                 .EnableTracingAndCaptureOutputs()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
-                .And.HaveStdErrContaining($"Property {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyName} = {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue}")
+                .And.HaveProperty(SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyName, SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue)
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining($"AppContext.GetData({SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyName}) = {SharedTestState.AppTestPropertyValue}");
         }
 
diff --git a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/SelfContainedAppLaunch.cs b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/SelfContainedAppLaunch.cs
index f421335995f696..28f432514b98cd 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/SelfContainedAppLaunch.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/HostActivation.Tests/SelfContainedAppLaunch.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public void Default()
                 .Execute()
                 .Should().Pass()
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining("Hello World")
-                .And.HaveStdOutContaining(TestContext.MicrosoftNETCoreAppVersion);
+                .And.HaveStdOutContaining(TestContext.MicrosoftNETCoreAppVersion)
+                .And.NotHaveProperty(Constants.RuntimeProperty.DotnetHostPath);
 
             if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
             {
diff --git a/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Assertions/CommandResultExtensions.RuntimeProperty.cs b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Assertions/CommandResultExtensions.RuntimeProperty.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..be7b3163f95eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Assertions/CommandResultExtensions.RuntimeProperty.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using FluentAssertions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Test
+{
+    public static partial class CommandResultExtensions
+    {
+        public static AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> HaveProperty(this CommandResultAssertions assertion, string name, string value)
+        {
+            // Expected trace message from hostpolicy
+            return assertion.HaveStdErrContaining($"Property {name} = {value}");
+        }
+
+        public static AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> NotHaveProperty(this CommandResultAssertions assertion, string name)
+        {
+            return assertion.NotHaveStdErrContaining($"Property {name} =");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Assertions/CommandResultExtensions.cs b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Assertions/CommandResultExtensions.cs
index d0e0175060b893..e02a235d95bbb0 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Assertions/CommandResultExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Assertions/CommandResultExtensions.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Test
 {
-    public static class CommandResultExtensions
+    public static partial class CommandResultExtensions
     {
         public static CommandResultAssertions Should(this CommandResult commandResult)
         {
diff --git a/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Constants.cs b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Constants.cs
index e9e2e21b2df22e..ef760cb8b8f74b 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/Constants.cs
@@ -134,5 +134,10 @@ public static class ErrorCode
             public const int COMPlusException = unchecked((int)0xe0434352);
             public const int SIGABRT = 134;
         }
+
+        public static class RuntimeProperty
+        {
+            public const string DotnetHostPath = "DOTNET_HOST_PATH";
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.h b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.h
index 334ab5a4a0f97e..8c8cad6eefcad9 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.h
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/pal.h
@@ -71,12 +71,15 @@
 #if defined(TARGET_WINDOWS)
 #define LIB_PREFIX ""
 #define LIB_FILE_EXT ".dll"
+#define EXE_FILE_EXT ".exe"
 #elif defined(TARGET_OSX)
 #define LIB_PREFIX "lib"
 #define LIB_FILE_EXT ".dylib"
+#define EXE_FILE_EXT ""
 #else
 #define LIB_PREFIX "lib"
 #define LIB_FILE_EXT ".so"
+#define EXE_FILE_EXT ""
 #endif
 
 #define _STRINGIFY(s) _X(s)
@@ -139,8 +142,6 @@ namespace pal
         CRITICAL_SECTION _impl;
     };
 
-    inline const pal::char_t* exe_suffix() { return _X(".exe"); }
-
     inline int cstrcasecmp(const char* str1, const char* str2) { return ::_stricmp(str1, str2); }
     inline int strcmp(const char_t* str1, const char_t* str2) { return ::wcscmp(str1, str2); }
     inline int strcasecmp(const char_t* str1, const char_t* str2) { return ::_wcsicmp(str1, str2); }
@@ -213,8 +214,6 @@ namespace pal
     typedef void* proc_t;
     typedef std::mutex mutex_t;
 
-    inline const pal::char_t* exe_suffix() { return nullptr; }
-
     inline int cstrcasecmp(const char* str1, const char* str2) { return ::strcasecmp(str1, str2); }
     inline int strcmp(const char_t* str1, const char_t* str2) { return ::strcmp(str1, str2); }
     inline int strcasecmp(const char_t* str1, const char_t* str2) { return ::strcasecmp(str1, str2); }
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/utils.cpp b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/utils.cpp
index a48cd2d39f9bd0..557adefb5bc4a5 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/utils.cpp
@@ -71,15 +71,11 @@ void append_path(pal::string_t* path1, const pal::char_t* path2)
 
 pal::string_t strip_executable_ext(const pal::string_t& filename)
 {
-    const pal::char_t* exe_suffix = pal::exe_suffix();
-    if (exe_suffix == nullptr)
-        return filename;
-
-    size_t suffix_len = pal::strlen(exe_suffix);
+    size_t suffix_len = STRING_LENGTH(EXE_FILE_EXT);
     if (suffix_len == 0)
         return filename;
 
-    if (utils::ends_with(filename, exe_suffix, suffix_len, false))
+    if (utils::ends_with(filename, _STRINGIFY(EXE_FILE_EXT), false))
     {
         // We need to strip off the old extension
         pal::string_t result(filename);
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.cpp b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.cpp
index 8f71aa18c4a19a..97c079aaa26622 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.cpp
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ namespace
         _X("STARTUP_HOOKS"),
         _X("APP_PATHS"),
         _X("RUNTIME_IDENTIFIER"),
+        _X("DOTNET_HOST_PATH"),
     };
 
     static_assert((sizeof(PropertyNameMapping) / sizeof(*PropertyNameMapping)) == static_cast<size_t>(common_property::Last), "Invalid property count");
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.h b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.h
index 1ee29ba7edf98c..dfa2b79df1b0de 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.h
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/coreclr.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum class common_property
     StartUpHooks,
     AppPaths,
     RuntimeIdentifier,
+    DotNetHostPath,
     // Sentinel value - new values should be defined above
     Last
 };
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp
index e513472211f01b..d41cb110dee9fc 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp
@@ -343,6 +343,22 @@ int hostpolicy_context_t::initialize(const hostpolicy_init_t &hostpolicy_init, c
         coreclr_properties.add(common_property::StartUpHooks, startup_hooks.c_str());
     }
 
+    // Path to dotnet corresponding to the runtime used to run the application (if it exists)
+    // Only for framework-dependent applications, as there is no corresponding dotnet for self-contained.
+#if !defined(NATIVE_LIBS_EMBEDDED)
+    if (hostpolicy_init.is_framework_dependent)
+    {
+        pal::string_t dotnet_host_path = hostpolicy_init.host_info.dotnet_root;
+        append_path(&dotnet_host_path, _X("dotnet"));
+        dotnet_host_path.append(_STRINGIFY(EXE_FILE_EXT));
+        if (!coreclr_properties.add(common_property::DotNetHostPath, dotnet_host_path.c_str()))
+        {
+            log_duplicate_property_error(coreclr_property_bag_t::common_property_to_string(common_property::DotNetHostPath));
+            return StatusCode::LibHostDuplicateProperty;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     {
         host_contract = { sizeof(host_runtime_contract), this };
         if (bundle::info_t::is_single_file_bundle())