diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 5fb7f3c4d0..ee12e26f24 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -488,6 +488,88 @@ attach to a debug session.
   }
 
 
+Debugging .NET Core 2.1 / 2.0 Functions
+---------------------------------------
+
+.NET Core function debugging is similiar to golang function debugging and requires you to have ``vsdbg`` available on your
+machine to later provide it to SAM CLI. VS Code will launch debugger inside Lambda container and talk to it using ``pipeTransport`` configuration.
+
+When debugging, you must compile your function in debug mode:
+
+Either locally using .NET SDK
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    dotnet publish -c Debug -o <output path>
+
+Or via Docker
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    docker run --rm --mount type=bind,src=$PWD,dst=/var/task lambci/lambda:build-dotnetcore<target-runtime> dotnet publish -c Debug -o <output path relative to $PWD>
+
+**NOTE: both of these commands should be run from the directory with .csproj file**
+
+You must get ``vsdbg`` built for AWS Lambda runtime container on your host machine and provide its local path
+via the ``--debugger-path`` argument. Get compatible debugger version as follows:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    # Create directory to store vsdbg
+    mkdir <vsdbg folder path>
+
+    # Get and install vsdbg on runtime container. Mounted folder will let you have it under <vsdbg folder path> on your machine too
+    docker run --rm --mount type=bind,src=<vsdbg folder path>,dst=/vsdbg --entrypoint bash lambci/lambda:dotnetcore2.0 -c "curl -sSL https://aka.ms/getvsdbgsh | bash /dev/stdin -v latest -l /vsdbg"
+
+Then invoke ``sam`` similar to the following:
+
+``sam local start-api -d <debug port> --debugger-path <vsdbg folder path>``
+
+NOTE: The ``--debugger-path`` is the path to the directory that contains the ``vsdbg`` binary installed from the above.
+
+The following is an example launch configuration for Visual Studio Code to attach to a debug session.
+
+.. code:: json
+
+  {
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": ".NET Core Docker Attach",
+            "type": "coreclr",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "processId": "1",
+
+            "pipeTransport": {
+                "pipeProgram": "sh",
+                "pipeArgs": [ 
+                    "-c",
+                    "docker exec -i $(docker ps -q -f publish=<debug port>) ${debuggerCommand}"
+                ],
+                "debuggerPath": "/tmp/lambci_debug_files/vsdbg",
+                "pipeCwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            },
+
+            "windows": {
+                "pipeTransport": {
+                "pipeProgram": "powershell",
+                "pipeArgs": [
+                    "-c",
+                    "docker exec -i $(docker ps -q -f publish=<debug port>) ${debuggerCommand}"
+                ],
+                    "debuggerPath": "/tmp/lambci_debug_files/vsdbg",
+                    "pipeCwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+                }
+            },
+
+            "sourceFileMap": {
+                "/var/task": "${workspaceFolder}"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+  }
+
+
 Passing Additional Runtime Debug Arguments
 ------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/samcli/local/docker/lambda_container.py b/samcli/local/docker/lambda_container.py
index 1a9c06a7da..f4a2a715e6 100644
--- a/samcli/local/docker/lambda_container.py
+++ b/samcli/local/docker/lambda_container.py
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ def _get_entry_point(runtime, debug_options=None):
                         "/var/runtime/lib/LambdaJavaRTEntry-1.0.jar",
                    ]
 
+        elif runtime in (Runtime.dotnetcore20.value, Runtime.dotnetcore21.value):
+            entrypoint = ["/var/lang/bin/dotnet"] \
+                + debug_args_list \
+                + [
+                    "/var/runtime/MockBootstraps.dll",
+                    "--debugger-spin-wait"
+                  ]
+
         elif runtime == Runtime.go1x.value:
             entrypoint = ["/var/runtime/aws-lambda-go"] \
                 + debug_args_list \
@@ -289,8 +297,9 @@ def _get_entry_point(runtime, debug_options=None):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _supported_runtimes():
-        return {Runtime.java8.value, Runtime.go1x.value, Runtime.nodejs.value, Runtime.nodejs43.value,
-                Runtime.nodejs610.value, Runtime.nodejs810.value, Runtime.python27.value, Runtime.python36.value}
+        return {Runtime.java8.value, Runtime.dotnetcore20.value, Runtime.dotnetcore21.value, Runtime.go1x.value,
+                Runtime.nodejs.value, Runtime.nodejs43.value, Runtime.nodejs610.value, Runtime.nodejs810.value,
+                Runtime.python27.value, Runtime.python36.value}
 
 
 class DebuggingNotSupported(Exception):
diff --git a/tests/unit/local/docker/test_lambda_container.py b/tests/unit/local/docker/test_lambda_container.py
index 58675affef..31df5d7b46 100644
--- a/tests/unit/local/docker/test_lambda_container.py
+++ b/tests/unit/local/docker/test_lambda_container.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 from samcli.local.docker.lambda_container import LambdaContainer, Runtime, DebuggingNotSupported
 
 RUNTIMES_WITH_ENTRYPOINT = [Runtime.java8.value,
+                            Runtime.dotnetcore20.value,
+                            Runtime.dotnetcore21.value,
                             Runtime.go1x.value,
                             Runtime.nodejs.value,
                             Runtime.nodejs43.value,