diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs
index ae2b93e25724..20e89691926f 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs
@@ -164,12 +164,20 @@ internal static string ResolveRidShorthandOptionsToRuntimeIdentifier(string os,
 
         private static string GetCurrentRuntimeId()
         {
-            var dotnetRootPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.ProcessPath);
-            dotnetRootPath = dotnetRootPath.Contains("dotnet") ? dotnetRootPath : Path.Combine(dotnetRootPath, "dotnet");
+            string runtimeIdentifierChainPath;
             var ridFileName = "NETCoreSdkRuntimeIdentifierChain.txt";
-            string runtimeIdentifierChainPath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Product.Version) ?
-                Path.Combine(Directory.GetDirectories(Path.Combine(dotnetRootPath, "sdk"))[0], ridFileName) :
-                Path.Combine(dotnetRootPath, "sdk", Product.Version, ridFileName);
+            if (Path.GetFileName(Environment.ProcessPath).Equals("dotnet.exe"))
+            {
+                var dotnetRootPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.ProcessPath);
+                runtimeIdentifierChainPath = Path.Combine(dotnetRootPath, "sdk", Product.Version, ridFileName);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // When testing we run under testhost.exe
+                var dotnetRootPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.ProcessPath);
+                dotnetRootPath = dotnetRootPath.Contains("dotnet") ? dotnetRootPath : Path.Combine(dotnetRootPath, "dotnet");
+                runtimeIdentifierChainPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetDirectories(Path.Combine(dotnetRootPath, "sdk"))[0], ridFileName);
+            }
             string[] currentRuntimeIdentifiers = File.Exists(runtimeIdentifierChainPath) ?
                 File.ReadAllLines(runtimeIdentifierChainPath).Where(l => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(l)).ToArray() :
                 new string[] { };