diff --git a/Configuration.props b/Configuration.props
index a73e81fc9ac..f6a614a3061 100644
--- a/Configuration.props
+++ b/Configuration.props
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
     <XAPlatformToolsVersion>34.0.1</XAPlatformToolsVersion>
     <XAIncludeProprietaryBits Condition="'$(XAIncludeProprietaryBits)' == ''">False</XAIncludeProprietaryBits>
     <XABundleToolVersion Condition="'$(XABundleToolVersion)' == ''">1.8.1</XABundleToolVersion>
+    <XAPackagesDir Condition=" '$(XAPackagesDir)' == '' And '$(NUGET_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(NUGET_PACKAGES)</XAPackagesDir>
     <XAPackagesDir Condition=" '$(XAPackagesDir)' == '' And '$(HostOS)' == 'Windows'">$(userprofile)\.nuget\packages</XAPackagesDir>
     <XAPackagesDir Condition=" '$(XAPackagesDir)' == '' And '$(HostOS)' != 'Windows'">$(HOME)/.nuget/packages</XAPackagesDir>
     <PathSeparator>$([System.IO.Path]::PathSeparator)</PathSeparator>