diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3171c4aa97..567fb8dc58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -298,10 +298,16 @@
                 "type": "object",
                 "description": "When present, this tells the debugger to connect to a remote computer using another executable as a pipe that will relay standard input/output between VS Code and the .NET Core debugger backend executable (clrdbg).",
                 "default": {
+                  "pipeCwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
                   "pipeProgram": "enter the fully qualified path for the pipe program name, for example 'c:\\tools\\plink.exe'",
                   "pipeArgs": []
                 },
                 "properties" : {
+                  "pipeCwd": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "The fully qualified path to the working directory for the pipe program.",
+                    "default": "${workspaceRoot}"
+                  },
                   "pipeProgram": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "description": "The fully qualified pipe command to execute.",
@@ -315,14 +321,26 @@
                     },
                     "default": []
                   },
+                  "pipeEnv": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" },
+                    "description": "Environment variables passed to the pipe program.",
+                    "default": { }
+                  },
                   "windows": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "description": "Windows-specific pipe launch configuration options",
                     "default": {
+                      "pipeCwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
                       "pipeProgram": "enter the fully qualified path for the pipe program name, for example 'c:\\tools\\plink.exe'",
                       "pipeArgs": []
                     },
                     "properties": {
+                      "pipeCwd": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": "The fully qualified path to the working directory for the pipe program.",
+                        "default": "${workspaceRoot}"
+                      },
                       "pipeProgram": {
                         "type": "string",
                         "description": "The fully qualified pipe command to execute.",
@@ -335,6 +353,12 @@
                           "type": "string"
                         },
                         "default": []
+                      },
+                      "pipeEnv": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" },
+                        "description": "Environment variables passed to the pipe program.",
+                        "default": { }
                       }
                     }
                   },
@@ -342,10 +366,16 @@
                     "type": "object",
                     "description": "OSX-specific pipe launch configuration options",
                     "default": {
+                      "pipeCwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
                       "pipeProgram": "enter the fully qualified path for the pipe program name, for example '/usr/bin/ssh'",
                       "pipeArgs": []
                     },
                     "properties": {
+                      "pipeCwd": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": "The fully qualified path to the working directory for the pipe program.",
+                        "default": "${workspaceRoot}"
+                      },
                       "pipeProgram": {
                         "type": "string",
                         "description": "The fully qualified pipe command to execute.",
@@ -358,17 +388,29 @@
                           "type": "string"
                         },
                         "default": []
-                      }
+                      },
+                      "pipeEnv": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" },
+                        "description": "Environment variables passed to the pipe program.",
+                        "default": { }
+                      }                      
                     }
                   },
                   "linux": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "description": "Linux-specific pipe launch configuration options",
                     "default": {
+                      "pipeCwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
                       "pipeProgram": "enter the fully qualified path for the pipe program name, for example '/usr/bin/ssh'",
                       "pipeArgs": []
                     },
                     "properties": {
+                      "pipeCwd": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": "The fully qualified path to the working directory for the pipe program.",
+                        "default": "${workspaceRoot}"
+                      },
                       "pipeProgram": {
                         "type": "string",
                         "description": "The fully qualified pipe command to execute.",
@@ -381,6 +423,12 @@
                           "type": "string"
                         },
                         "default": []
+                      },
+                      "pipeEnv": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" },
+                        "description": "Environment variables passed to the pipe program.",
+                        "default": { }
                       }
                     }
                   }
diff --git a/src/coreclr-debug/main.ts b/src/coreclr-debug/main.ts
index f8c77524c0..4fcc27c0d3 100644
--- a/src/coreclr-debug/main.ts
+++ b/src/coreclr-debug/main.ts
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ function createProjectJson(targetRuntime: string): any
         },
         dependencies: {
             "Microsoft.VisualStudio.clrdbg": "14.0.25406-preview-3044032",
-            "Microsoft.VisualStudio.clrdbg.MIEngine": "14.0.30606-preview-1",
-            "Microsoft.VisualStudio.OpenDebugAD7": "1.0.20527-preview-1",
+            "Microsoft.VisualStudio.clrdbg.MIEngine": "14.0.30610-preview-1",
+            "Microsoft.VisualStudio.OpenDebugAD7": "1.0.20610-preview-3",
             "NETStandard.Library": "1.5.0-rc2-24027",
             "Newtonsoft.Json": "7.0.1",
             "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop.Portable": "1.0.1",