diff --git a/PowerShellGitHubDev.psm1 b/PowerShellGitHubDev.psm1
index e14cf531ae..94c009c5cc 100644
--- a/PowerShellGitHubDev.psm1
+++ b/PowerShellGitHubDev.psm1
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ function Start-PSBuild {
                 cmake ..\src\powershell-native
             }
             msbuild powershell.vcxproj /p:Configuration=$msbuildConfiguration
-            # cp -rec $msbuildConfiguration\* $Output
         } finally {
             Pop-Location
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json
index 0b99854b1d..1a22616bb8 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
         "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility": "1.0.0-*"
     },
 
+    "content": [
+        "powershell.exe"
+    ],
+
     "frameworks": {
         "net451": {
         }
diff --git a/src/powershell-native/CMakeLists.txt b/src/powershell-native/CMakeLists.txt
index 183988d69f..738bcd0330 100644
--- a/src/powershell-native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/powershell-native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ project(PowerShell)
 
 add_compile_options()
 
+# set the output path for `powershell.exe`
+set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost")
+
 # set these flags, so build does static linking for msvcr120.dll
 # otherwise this dll need to be present on the system
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MT")