diff --git a/src/installer/publish/prepare-artifacts.proj b/src/installer/publish/prepare-artifacts.proj
index 4a5ff2ddd3cd0..39200d4e2970c 100644
--- a/src/installer/publish/prepare-artifacts.proj
+++ b/src/installer/publish/prepare-artifacts.proj
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
       Lines="$(ProductVersionTxtContents)"
       Overwrite="true"
       Encoding="ASCII" />
+
+    <!-- Generate runtime-productVersion.txt containing the value of $(PackageVersion) -->
+    <WriteLinesToFile
+      File="$(ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir)runtime-productVersion.txt"
+      Lines="$(ProductVersionTxtContents)"
+      Overwrite="true"
+      Encoding="ASCII" />
       
     <ItemGroup>
       <ItemsToPush Remove="@(ItemsToPush)" />
@@ -103,6 +110,11 @@
         <PublishFlatContainer>true</PublishFlatContainer>
       </ItemsToPush>
 
+      <ItemsToPush Include="$(ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir)runtime-productVersion.txt">
+        <RelativeBlobPath>$(InstallersRelativePath)runtime-productVersion.txt</RelativeBlobPath>
+        <PublishFlatContainer>true</PublishFlatContainer>
+      </ItemsToPush>
+
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <!-- Push items to AzDO as build artifacts, generating the asset manifest as a side effect. -->