diff --git a/src/app/FakeLib/CscHelper.fs b/src/app/FakeLib/CscHelper.fs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ad05b9ad6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/FakeLib/CscHelper.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/// Contains tasks to compile C# source files with CSC.EXE (C# Compiler).
+module Fake.CscHelper
+open System
+
+/// Supported output types
+type CscTarget =
+    | Exe
+    | Winexe
+    | Library
+    | Module
+
+/// Supported platforms
+type CscPlatform =
+    | X86
+    | Itanium
+    | X64
+    | AnyCpu32BitPreferred
+    | AnyCpu
+
+/// Compiler parameters
+type CscParams =
+    { /// Specifies the output file name and path.
+      Output : string
+      /// Specifies the compiled artifact target type.
+      Target : CscTarget
+      /// Specifies the compiled artifact target platform.
+      Platform : CscPlatform
+      /// Specifies assemblies to reference for the compilation.
+      References : string list
+      /// Specifies whether to emit debug information (default is false).
+      Debug : bool
+      /// Specifies other params for the compilation. Freeform strings.
+      OtherParams : string list }
+
+    /// The default parameters to the compiler.
+    static member Default =
+        { Output = ""
+          Target = Exe
+          Platform = AnyCpu
+          References = []
+          Debug = false
+          OtherParams = [] }
+
+let cscExe (srcFiles : string list) (opts : string list) : int =
+    let processResult =
+        ExecProcessAndReturnMessages (fun p ->
+            p.FileName <- if isMono then "mcs" else "csc"
+            p.Arguments <- [
+                opts |> separated " "
+                srcFiles |> separated " "
+            ] |> separated " "
+        ) (TimeSpan.FromMinutes 10.)
+
+    trace <| sprintf "CSC with args:%A" (Array.ofSeq opts)
+
+    processResult.ExitCode
+
+/// Compiles the given C# source files with the specified parameters.
+///
+/// ## Parameters
+///
+///  - `setParams` - Function used to overwrite the default CSC parameters.
+///  - `inputFiles` - The C# input files.
+///
+/// ## Returns
+///
+/// The exit status code of the compile process.
+///
+/// ## Sample
+///
+///     ["file1.cs"; "file2.cs"]
+///     |> csc (fun parameters ->
+///              { parameters with Output = ...
+///                                Target = ...
+///                                ... })
+let csc (setParams : CscParams -> CscParams) (inputFiles : string list) : int =
+    let inputFiles = inputFiles |> Seq.toList
+    let taskDesc = inputFiles |> separated ", "
+    let cscParams = setParams CscParams.Default
+
+    let output = if cscParams.Output <> "" then [sprintf "/out:%s" cscParams.Output] else []
+    let target =
+        match cscParams.Target with
+        | Exe -> [ "/target:exe" ]
+        | Winexe -> [ "/target:winexe" ]
+        | Library -> [ "/target:library" ]
+        | Module -> [ "/target:module" ]
+    let platform =
+        match cscParams.Platform with
+        | X86 -> [ "/platform:x86" ]
+        | Itanium -> [ "/platform:itanium" ]
+        | X64 -> [ "/platform:x64" ]
+        | AnyCpu32BitPreferred -> [ "/platform:anycpu32bitpreferred" ]
+        | AnyCpu -> [ "/platform:anycpu" ]
+    let references =
+        cscParams.References
+        |> List.map (fun r -> sprintf "/reference:%s" r)
+    let debug = if cscParams.Debug then [ "/debug" ] else []
+    let argList =
+        output @ target @ platform @ references @ debug @ cscParams.OtherParams
+    traceStartTask "Csc " taskDesc
+    let res = cscExe inputFiles argList
+    traceEndTask "Csc " taskDesc
+    res
+
+/// Compiles one or more C# source files with the specified parameters.
+/// ## Parameters
+///
+///  - `setParams` - Function used to overwrite the default CSC parameters.
+///  - `inputFiles` - The C# input files.
+///
+/// ## Sample
+///
+///     ["file1.cs"; "file2.cs"]
+///     |> Csc (fun parameters ->
+///                   { parameters with Output = ...
+///                                     Target = ...
+///                                     ... })
+let Csc (setParams : CscParams -> CscParams) (inputFiles : string list) : unit =
+    let res = csc setParams inputFiles
+    if res <> 0 then raise <| BuildException("Csc: compile failed with exit code", [ string res ])
diff --git a/src/app/FakeLib/FakeLib.fsproj b/src/app/FakeLib/FakeLib.fsproj
index 09398ec930a..af23dd5c6a4 100644
--- a/src/app/FakeLib/FakeLib.fsproj
+++ b/src/app/FakeLib/FakeLib.fsproj
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ReportGeneratorHelper.fs" />
     <Compile Include="RoundhouseHelper.fs" />
     <Compile Include="FscHelper.fs" />
+    <Compile Include="CscHelper.fs" />
     <Compile Include="HipChatNotificationHelper.fs" />
     <Compile Include="XamarinHelper.fs" />
     <Compile Include="XDTHelper.fs" />
@@ -637,4 +638,4 @@
       </ItemGroup>
     </Otherwise>
   </Choose>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/test/Test.FAKECore/CscSpecs.cs b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/CscSpecs.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ba1dc83d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/CscSpecs.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Fake;
+using Machine.Specifications;
+using Microsoft.FSharp.Core;
+using Microsoft.FSharp.Collections;
+
+namespace Test.FAKECore
+{
+    public class compile_csfiles_to_dll
+    {
+        static string tempDir, outFile, csFile1, csFile2;
+        static FSharpFunc<CscHelper.CscParams, CscHelper.CscParams> cscParams;
+
+        Establish context = () =>
+        {
+            tempDir = Path.GetTempPath();
+            csFile1 = Path.Combine(tempDir, "test1.cs");
+            csFile2 = Path.Combine(tempDir, "test2.cs");
+
+            File.WriteAllText(csFile1, @"
+using System;
+
+namespace Test {
+    public class Class1 {
+        public string Hello(string what) {
+            return String.Format(""Hello {0}"", what);
+        }
+    }
+}");
+
+            File.WriteAllText(csFile2, @"
+using System;
+
+namespace Test {
+    public class Class2 : Class1 {
+        public void HelloWorld() {
+            Console.WriteLine(this.Hello(""World""));
+        }
+    }
+}");
+
+            outFile = Path.Combine(tempDir, "test.dll");
+            try { File.Delete(outFile); } catch (FileNotFoundException) {}
+
+            cscParams = FSharpFuncUtil.ToFSharpFunc<CscHelper.CscParams, CscHelper.CscParams>(
+                p => new CscHelper.CscParams(
+                    output: outFile,
+                    target: CscHelper.CscTarget.Library,
+                    platform: p.Platform,
+                    references: p.References,
+                    debug: p.Debug,
+                    otherParams: p.OtherParams
+                )
+            );
+        };
+
+        Because of = () => CscHelper.Csc(cscParams, ListModule.OfSeq(new [] { csFile1, csFile2 }));
+
+        It should_compile_to_dll = () => File.Exists(outFile).ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj
index 4f9d8da6164..c0388ca78c2 100644
--- a/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj
+++ b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ConfigFiles\ConfigSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AssemblyInfoSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XdtSpecs.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="CscSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XmlSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TestData.cs" />
     <Compile Include="FileHandling\CleanDirectorySpecs.cs" />
@@ -715,4 +716,4 @@
       </ItemGroup>
     </Otherwise>
   </Choose>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>