diff --git a/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/pkg/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.pkgproj b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/pkg/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.pkgproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a745acfff866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/pkg/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.pkgproj
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\ref\System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.csproj">
+      <SupportedFramework>dnxcore50</SupportedFramework>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\src\System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.builds">
+      <AdditionalProperties>FilterToOSGroup=Linux</AdditionalProperties>
+    </ProjectReference>
+
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(NativePackagePath)\runtime.native.System.Security.Cryptography\runtime.native.System.Security.Cryptography.pkgproj" />
+
+    <!-- Opt desktop and netcore out of this package.  
+         This can be removed after we add back the RID to restict this to Unix.
+         https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/2953 -->
+    <NotSupportedOnTargetFramework Include="netcore50" />
+    <NotSupportedOnTargetFramework Include="net46" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.targets))\dir.targets" />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.csproj b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.csproj
index eb550101dd98..e1819a9010dc 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.csproj
+++ b/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl/src/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <CLSCompliant>false</CLSCompliant>
     <PackageTargetFramework>dotnet5.4</PackageTargetFramework>
-    <PackageTargetRuntime>unix</PackageTargetRuntime>
+    <!-- Temporarily remove the RID from this package until we have a
+         cross platform API to use RSA https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/2953 -->
+    <!-- PackageTargetRuntime>unix</PackageTargetRuntime -->
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Linux_Debug|AnyCPU'" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Linux_Release|AnyCPU'" />