diff --git a/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs b/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs
index 9f7d17e54f..c108148a4b 100755
--- a/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/vs/service.fs
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ type FSharpProjectFileInfo (fsprojFileName:string, ?properties, ?enableLogging)
             ]
 
         let references = 
-            [  for i in project.GetEvaluatedItemsByName("ResolvedFiles") do
+            [  for i in project.GetEvaluatedItemsByName("ReferencePath") do
                    yield i.FinalItemSpec
                for fsproj in projectReferences do
                    match (try let p' = projectFromFile fsproj
diff --git a/tests/service/ProjectOptionsTests.fs b/tests/service/ProjectOptionsTests.fs
index 98888213e2..b83e12d822 100644
--- a/tests/service/ProjectOptionsTests.fs
+++ b/tests/service/ProjectOptionsTests.fs
@@ -236,5 +236,126 @@ let ``Project file parsing -- multi language project``() =
   checkOption options.OtherOptions "ConsoleApplication2.exe"
   checkOption options.OtherOptions "ConsoleApplication3.exe"
 
+[<Test>]
+let ``Project file parsing -- PCL profile7 project``() =
+  let f = normalizePath (__SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ + @"../../projects/Sample_VS2013_FSharp_Portable_Library_net45/Sample_VS2013_FSharp_Portable_Library_net45.fsproj")
+
+  let options = checker.GetProjectOptionsFromProjectFile(f)
+  let references =
+    options.OtherOptions
+    |> Array.choose (fun o -> if o.StartsWith("-r:") then o.[3..] |> (Path.GetFileName >> Some) else None)
+    |> Set.ofArray
+  references
+  |> shouldEqual
+      (set [|"FSharp.Core.dll"; "Microsoft.CSharp.dll"; "Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll";
+             "System.Collections.Concurrent.dll"; "System.Collections.dll";
+             "System.ComponentModel.Annotations.dll";
+             "System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll";
+             "System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll"; "System.ComponentModel.dll";
+             "System.Core.dll"; "System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll";
+             "System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll"; "System.Diagnostics.Tools.dll";
+             "System.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll"; "System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll";
+             "System.Globalization.dll"; "System.IO.Compression.dll"; "System.IO.dll";
+             "System.Linq.Expressions.dll"; "System.Linq.Parallel.dll";
+             "System.Linq.Queryable.dll"; "System.Linq.dll"; "System.Net.Http.dll";
+             "System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll"; "System.Net.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Net.Requests.dll"; "System.Net.dll"; "System.Numerics.dll";
+             "System.ObjectModel.dll"; "System.Reflection.Context.dll";
+             "System.Reflection.Extensions.dll"; "System.Reflection.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Reflection.dll"; "System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Extensions.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll"; "System.Runtime.Numerics.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll"; "System.Runtime.Serialization.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.dll"; "System.Security.Principal.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.Duplex.dll"; "System.ServiceModel.Http.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.NetTcp.dll"; "System.ServiceModel.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.Security.dll"; "System.ServiceModel.Web.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.dll"; "System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll";
+             "System.Text.Encoding.dll"; "System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll";
+             "System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.dll"; "System.Threading.Tasks.dll";
+             "System.Threading.dll"; "System.Windows.dll"; "System.Xml.Linq.dll";
+             "System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll"; "System.Xml.Serialization.dll";
+             "System.Xml.XDocument.dll"; "System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll"; "System.Xml.dll";
+             "System.dll"; "mscorlib.dll"|])
+
+  checkOption options.OtherOptions "--targetprofile:netcore"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``Project file parsing -- PCL profile78 project``() =
+  let f = normalizePath (__SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ + @"../../projects/Sample_VS2013_FSharp_Portable_Library_net451_adjusted_to_profile78/Sample_VS2013_FSharp_Portable_Library_net451.fsproj")
+
+  let options = checker.GetProjectOptionsFromProjectFile(f)
+  let references =
+    options.OtherOptions
+    |> Array.choose (fun o -> if o.StartsWith("-r:") then o.[3..] |> (Path.GetFileName >> Some) else None)
+    |> Set.ofArray
+  references
+  |> shouldEqual
+      (set [|"FSharp.Core.dll"; "Microsoft.CSharp.dll"; "System.Collections.dll";
+             "System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll"; "System.ComponentModel.dll";
+             "System.Core.dll"; "System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll";
+             "System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll"; "System.Diagnostics.Tools.dll";
+             "System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll"; "System.Globalization.dll"; "System.IO.dll";
+             "System.Linq.Expressions.dll"; "System.Linq.Queryable.dll"; "System.Linq.dll";
+             "System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll"; "System.Net.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Net.Requests.dll"; "System.Net.dll"; "System.ObjectModel.dll";
+             "System.Reflection.Extensions.dll"; "System.Reflection.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Reflection.dll"; "System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Extensions.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll"; "System.Runtime.Serialization.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.dll"; "System.Security.Principal.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.Http.dll"; "System.ServiceModel.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.Security.dll"; "System.ServiceModel.Web.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.dll"; "System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll";
+             "System.Text.Encoding.dll"; "System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll";
+             "System.Threading.Tasks.dll"; "System.Threading.dll"; "System.Windows.dll";
+             "System.Xml.Linq.dll"; "System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll";
+             "System.Xml.Serialization.dll"; "System.Xml.XDocument.dll";
+             "System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll"; "System.Xml.dll"; "System.dll"; "mscorlib.dll"|])
+
+  checkOption options.OtherOptions "--targetprofile:netcore"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``Project file parsing -- PCL profile259 project``() =
+  let f = normalizePath (__SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ + @"../../projects/Sample_VS2013_FSharp_Portable_Library_net451_adjusted_to_profile259/Sample_VS2013_FSharp_Portable_Library_net451.fsproj")
+
+  let options = checker.GetProjectOptionsFromProjectFile(f)
+  let references =
+    options.OtherOptions
+    |> Array.choose (fun o -> if o.StartsWith("-r:") then o.[3..] |> (Path.GetFileName >> Some) else None)
+    |> Set.ofArray
+  references
+  |> shouldEqual
+      (set [|"FSharp.Core.dll"; "Microsoft.CSharp.dll"; "System.Collections.dll";
+             "System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll"; "System.ComponentModel.dll";
+             "System.Core.dll"; "System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll";
+             "System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll"; "System.Diagnostics.Tools.dll";
+             "System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll"; "System.Globalization.dll"; "System.IO.dll";
+             "System.Linq.Expressions.dll"; "System.Linq.Queryable.dll"; "System.Linq.dll";
+             "System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll"; "System.Net.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Net.Requests.dll"; "System.Net.dll"; "System.ObjectModel.dll";
+             "System.Reflection.Extensions.dll"; "System.Reflection.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Reflection.dll"; "System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Extensions.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll"; "System.Runtime.Serialization.dll";
+             "System.Runtime.dll"; "System.Security.Principal.dll";
+             "System.ServiceModel.Web.dll"; "System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll";
+             "System.Text.Encoding.dll"; "System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll";
+             "System.Threading.Tasks.dll"; "System.Threading.dll"; "System.Windows.dll";
+             "System.Xml.Linq.dll"; "System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll";
+             "System.Xml.Serialization.dll"; "System.Xml.XDocument.dll";
+             "System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll"; "System.Xml.dll"; "System.dll"; "mscorlib.dll"|])
+
+  checkOption options.OtherOptions "--targetprofile:netcore"
+
 #endif