diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToPublishAHelloWorldProject.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToPublishAHelloWorldProject.cs
index bb4becb82b88..2a2b998bc84c 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToPublishAHelloWorldProject.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Publish.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToPublishAHelloWorldProject.cs
@@ -70,10 +70,16 @@ public void It_publishes_portable_apps_to_the_publish_folder_and_the_app_should_
         }
 
         [Theory]
+        [InlineData("netcoreapp1.1")]
         [InlineData("netcoreapp2.0")]
         [InlineData(ToolsetInfo.CurrentTargetFramework)]
         public void It_publishes_self_contained_apps_to_the_publish_folder_and_the_app_should_run(string targetFramework)
         {
+            if (!EnvironmentInfo.SupportsTargetFramework(targetFramework))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             var rid = EnvironmentInfo.GetCompatibleRid(targetFramework);
 
             var helloWorldAsset = _testAssetsManager
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/EnvironmentInfo.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/EnvironmentInfo.cs
index 37dc94829f68..8fbd09685e61 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/EnvironmentInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/EnvironmentInfo.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,21 @@ public static string GetCompatibleRid(string targetFramework = null)
         //  able to run on the current OS
         public static bool SupportsTargetFramework(string targetFramework)
         {
-            var nugetFramework = NuGetFramework.Parse(targetFramework);
+            NuGetFramework nugetFramework = null;
+            try
+            {
+                nugetFramework = NuGetFramework.Parse(targetFramework);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (nugetFramework == null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             string currentRid = RuntimeInformation.RuntimeIdentifier;
 
             string ridOS = currentRid.Split('.')[0];