diff --git a/PowerShell.Common.props b/PowerShell.Common.props
index d8fb6aa59b..77ec5a627b 100644
--- a/PowerShell.Common.props
+++ b/PowerShell.Common.props
@@ -153,4 +153,8 @@
     <!-- This is required to be portable to Coverlet tool !-->
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Features>strict</Features>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Test.Common.props b/test/Test.Common.props
index 5ee96f4872..d7c66b6b96 100644
--- a/test/Test.Common.props
+++ b/test/Test.Common.props
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     <IsWindows Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">true</IsWindows>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Features>strict</Features>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(IsWindows)' != 'true' ">
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);UNIX</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>