diff --git a/src/Directory.build.targets b/src/Directory.build.targets
index 70f7f3203f..bc1494505b 100644
--- a/src/Directory.build.targets
+++ b/src/Directory.build.targets
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'MonoAndroid70'">
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);MONO;ANDROID</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.1'">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);NETCOREAPP</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'uap10.0' ">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform " Version="5.2.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/ReactiveUI/CreatesCommandBinding.cs b/src/ReactiveUI/CreatesCommandBinding.cs
index e6b1603674..bc8b0b2d1b 100755
--- a/src/ReactiveUI/CreatesCommandBinding.cs
+++ b/src/ReactiveUI/CreatesCommandBinding.cs
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ public class CreatesCommandBindingViaEvent : ICreatesCommandBinding
     {
         // NB: These are in priority order
         static readonly List<Tuple<string, Type>> defaultEventsToBind = new List<Tuple<string, Type>>() {
-#if !MONO && !PORTABLE
+#if !MONO && !PORTABLE && !NETCOREAPP
             Tuple.Create("Click", typeof (RoutedEventArgs)),
 #endif
             Tuple.Create("TouchUpInside", typeof (EventArgs)),
-#if !MONO && !NETFX_CORE && !PORTABLE
+#if !MONO && !NETFX_CORE && !PORTABLE && !NETCOREAPP
             Tuple.Create("MouseUp", typeof (MouseButtonEventArgs)),
 #elif NETFX_CORE
             Tuple.Create("PointerReleased", typeof(PointerRoutedEventArgs)),
diff --git a/src/ReactiveUI/Platforms/shared/Registrations.cs b/src/ReactiveUI/Platforms/shared/Registrations.cs
index 90eeadc044..ac4d3f1c3e 100644
--- a/src/ReactiveUI/Platforms/shared/Registrations.cs
+++ b/src/ReactiveUI/Platforms/shared/Registrations.cs
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ public class PlatformRegistrations : IWantsToRegisterStuff
     {
         public void Register(Action<Func<object>, Type> registerFunction)
         {
+#if !NETCOREAPP
             registerFunction(() => new PlatformOperations(), typeof(IPlatformOperations));
+#endif
 
-#if !NETFX_CORE && !WP8 && !WP81
+#if !NETFX_CORE && !WP8 && !WP81 && !NETCOREAPP
             registerFunction(() => new ComponentModelTypeConverter(), typeof(IBindingTypeConverter));
 #endif
 
-#if !MONO
+#if !MONO && !NETCOREAPP
             registerFunction(() => new ActivationForViewFetcher(), typeof(IActivationForViewFetcher));
             registerFunction(() => new DependencyObjectObservableForProperty(), typeof(ICreatesObservableForProperty));
             registerFunction(() => new BooleanToVisibilityTypeConverter(), typeof(IBindingTypeConverter));
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ public void Register(Action<Func<object>, Type> registerFunction)
             RxApp.MainThreadScheduler = new WaitForDispatcherScheduler(() => new NSRunloopScheduler());
 #endif
 
-#if !MONO && !NETFX_CORE
+#if !MONO && !NETFX_CORE && !NETCOREAPP
             RxApp.MainThreadScheduler = new WaitForDispatcherScheduler(() => DispatcherScheduler.Current);
 #endif
 
@@ -58,6 +60,11 @@ public void Register(Action<Func<object>, Type> registerFunction)
             RxApp.MainThreadScheduler = new WaitForDispatcherScheduler(() => CoreDispatcherScheduler.Current);
 #endif
 
+#if NETCOREAPP
+            // TODO does something for the MainThreadScheduler need to go here?
+            // interesting to note that when MONO is defined, MainThreadScheduler does not get set.
+#endif
+
 #if ANDROID
             RxApp.MainThreadScheduler = HandlerScheduler.MainThreadScheduler;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ReactiveUI/ReactiveUI.csproj b/src/ReactiveUI/ReactiveUI.csproj
index 9e9acf192c..d637ca635f 100644
--- a/src/ReactiveUI/ReactiveUI.csproj
+++ b/src/ReactiveUI/ReactiveUI.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard1.1;net45;uap10.0;Xamarin.iOS10;Xamarin.Mac20;MonoAndroid70</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard1.1;net45;uap10.0;Xamarin.iOS10;Xamarin.Mac20;MonoAndroid70;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>ReactiveUI</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>ReactiveUI</RootNamespace>
     <Description>A MVVM framework that integrates with the Reactive Extensions for .NET to create elegant, testable User Interfaces that run on any mobile or desktop platform. Supports Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.Mac, Xamarin Forms, WPF, Windows Forms, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP).</Description>
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
     <Compile Include="Platforms\xamarin-common\**\*.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>  
   
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.1' ">
+    <Compile Include="Platforms\netcoreapp1.1\**\*.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>  
+  
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Update="VariadicTemplates.tt" Generator="TextTemplatingFileGenerator" LastGenOutput="VariadicTemplates.cs" />
     <Compile Update="VariadicTemplates.cs" DesignTime="true" AutoGen="true" DependentUpon="VariadicTemplates.tt" />
@@ -69,4 +73,4 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildSDKExtrasTargets)" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildSDKExtrasTargets)')" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>