diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/test/netCoreTool.test.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/test/netCoreTool.test.ts
index 2fc458d856..5bb3bc1210 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/test/netCoreTool.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/test/netCoreTool.test.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
-import { NetCoreTool, DBProjectConfigurationKey, DotnetInstallLocationKey, NetCoreNonWindowsDefaultPath } from '../tools/netcoreTool';
+import { NetCoreTool, DBProjectConfigurationKey, DotnetInstallLocationKey } from '../tools/netcoreTool';
 import { getQuotedPath } from '../common/utils';
-import { isNullOrUndefined } from 'util';
 import { generateTestFolderPath } from './testUtils';
 import { createContext, TestContext } from './testContext';
 
@@ -48,14 +47,20 @@ describe('NetCoreTool: Net core tests', function (): void {
 
 		if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
 			// check that path should start with c:\program files
-			let result = isNullOrUndefined(netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation) || netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation.toLowerCase().startsWith('c:\\program files');
-			should(result).true('dotnet is either not present or in programfiles by default');
+			let result = !netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation || netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation.toLowerCase().startsWith('c:\\program files');
+			should(result).true('dotnet not present in programfiles by default');
 		}
 
-		if (os.platform() === 'linux' || os.platform() === 'darwin') {
+		if (os.platform() === 'linux'){
+			//check that path should start with /usr/share
+			let result = !netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation || netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation.toLowerCase() === '/usr/share/dotnet';
+			should(result).true('dotnet not present in /usr/share');
+		}
+
+		if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {
 			//check that path should start with /usr/local/share
-			let result = isNullOrUndefined(netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation) || netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation.toLowerCase().startsWith(NetCoreNonWindowsDefaultPath);
-			should(result).true('dotnet is either not present or in /usr/local/share by default');
+			let result = !netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation || netcoreTool.netcoreInstallLocation.toLowerCase() === '/usr/local/share/dotnet';
+			should(result).true('dotnet not present in /usr/local/share');
 		}
 	});
 
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/tools/netcoreTool.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/tools/netcoreTool.ts
index 9d3e656be2..cce0eb293a 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/tools/netcoreTool.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/tools/netcoreTool.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export const DBProjectConfigurationKey: string = 'sqlDatabaseProjects';
 export const NetCoreInstallLocationKey: string = 'netCoreSDKLocation';
 export const DotnetInstallLocationKey: string = 'dotnetSDK Location';
 export const NetCoreDoNotAskAgainKey: string = 'netCoreDoNotAsk';
-export const NetCoreNonWindowsDefaultPath = '/usr/local/share';
+export const NetCoreMacDefaultPath = '/usr/local/share';
+export const NetCoreLinuxDefaultPath = '/usr/share';
 export const winPlatform: string = 'win32';
 export const macPlatform: string = 'darwin';
 export const linuxPlatform: string = 'linux';
@@ -101,14 +102,20 @@ export class NetCoreTool extends ShellExecutionHelper {
 	private get defaultLocalInstallLocationByDistribution(): string | undefined {
 		switch (this.osPlatform) {
 			case winPlatform: return this.defaultWindowsLocation;
-			case macPlatform:
-			case linuxPlatform: return this.defaultnonWindowsLocation;
+			case macPlatform: return this.defaultMacLocation;
+			case linuxPlatform: return this.defaultLinuxLocation;
 			default: return undefined;
 		}
 	}
 
-	private get defaultnonWindowsLocation(): string | undefined {
-		return this.getDotnetPathIfPresent(NetCoreNonWindowsDefaultPath) ||			//default folder for net core sdk
+	private get defaultMacLocation(): string | undefined {
+		return this.getDotnetPathIfPresent(NetCoreMacDefaultPath) ||			//default folder for net core sdk on Mac
+			this.getDotnetPathIfPresent(os.homedir()) ||
+			undefined;
+	}
+
+	private get defaultLinuxLocation(): string | undefined {
+		return this.getDotnetPathIfPresent(NetCoreLinuxDefaultPath) ||			//default folder for net core sdk on Linux
 			this.getDotnetPathIfPresent(os.homedir()) ||
 			undefined;
 	}