diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.targets b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.targets
index 54e87951858..50a93f39490 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.targets
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
       <HelixPreCommands Condition="!$(IsPosixShell)">$(HelixPreCommands);set PATH=%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\$(DotNetCliDestination)%3B%PATH%</HelixPreCommands> <!-- %3B is an escaped ; -->
       <HelixPreCommands Condition="$(IsPosixShell)">$(HelixPreCommands);export DOTNET_ROOT=$HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD/$(DotNetCliDestination);export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1</HelixPreCommands>
       <HelixPreCommands Condition="!$(IsPosixShell)">$(HelixPreCommands);set DOTNET_ROOT=%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\$(DotNetCliDestination);set DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1</HelixPreCommands>
+      <HelixPreCommands Condition="$(IsPosixShell)">$(HelixPreCommands);export DOTNET_CLI_HOME=$HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT/.dotnet</HelixPreCommands>
+      <HelixPreCommands Condition="!$(IsPosixShell)">$(HelixPreCommands);set DOTNET_CLI_HOME=%HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT%\.dotnet</HelixPreCommands>
+      <HelixPreCommands Condition="$(IsPosixShell)">$(HelixPreCommands);export NUGET_PACKAGES=$HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT/.nuget</HelixPreCommands>
+      <HelixPreCommands Condition="!$(IsPosixShell)">$(HelixPreCommands);set NUGET_PACKAGES=%HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT%\.nuget</HelixPreCommands>
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>