diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
index 94854c8fbeb..5ace6dcf894 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
-
+
diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages.bat b/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
index b135f6b1a73..c3e5fe8817d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endlocal
%NUGET% pack ..\..\vsprojects\nuget_package\grpc.native.csharp_ext.nuspec -Version %CORE_VERSION% || goto :error
%NUGET% pack Grpc.Auth\Grpc.Auth.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
-%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core\Grpc.Core.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
+%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core\Grpc.Core.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% -Properties GrpcNativeCsharpExtVersion=%CORE_VERSION% || goto :error
%NUGET% pack Grpc.HealthCheck\Grpc.HealthCheck.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
%NUGET% pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
%NUGET% pack Grpc.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error