diff --git a/src/PackageManifest.props b/src/PackageManifest.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..628730290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PackageManifest.props
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/ShellFeatures')">
+    <PackageReference Include="Elsa.Platform.PackageManifest.Generator" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)PackageManifestHints.cs" Link="PackageManifestHints.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/PackageManifestHints.cs b/src/PackageManifestHints.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63d76de64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PackageManifestHints.cs
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+using Elsa.Platform.PackageManifest.Generator.Hints;
+
+[assembly: ManifestRuntimeKind(ElsaRuntimeKinds.Server)]
diff --git a/src/common/Directory.Build.props b/src/common/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1583ae3d9
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+++ b/src/common/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('Directory.Build.props', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..'))" />
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\PackageManifest.props" />
+
+</Project>