diff --git a/extensions/machine-learning/config.json b/extensions/machine-learning/config.json
index ab363773d5..a206e4b3e7 100644
--- a/extensions/machine-learning/config.json
+++ b/extensions/machine-learning/config.json
@@ -9,12 +9,25 @@
 		"requiredRPackages": [
 			{
 				"name": "RODBCext",
-				"repository": "https://cran.microsoft.com"
+				"repository": "https://mran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2019-02-01/"
 			},
 			{
 				"name": "sqlmlutils",
 				"fileName": "sqlmlutils_0.7.1.zip",
-				"downloadUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/sqlmlutils/blob/master/R/dist/sqlmlutils_0.7.1.zip?raw=true"
+				"downloadUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/sqlmlutils/blob/master/R/dist/sqlmlutils_0.7.1.zip?raw=true",
+				"platform" : "win32"
+			},
+			{
+				"name": "sqlmlutils",
+				"fileName": "sqlmlutils_0.7.1.tar.gz",
+				"downloadUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/sqlmlutils/blob/master/R/dist/sqlmlutils_0.7.1.tar.gz?raw=true",
+				"platform" : "darwin"
+			},
+			{
+				"name": "sqlmlutils",
+				"fileName": "sqlmlutils_0.7.1.tar.gz",
+				"downloadUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/sqlmlutils/blob/master/R/dist/sqlmlutils_0.7.1.tar.gz?raw=true",
+				"platform" : "linux"
 			}
 		],
 		"rPackagesRepository": "https://cran.r-project.org"
diff --git a/extensions/machine-learning/src/configurations/packageConfigModel.ts b/extensions/machine-learning/src/configurations/packageConfigModel.ts
index b582ee4744..b96319afa5 100644
--- a/extensions/machine-learning/src/configurations/packageConfigModel.ts
+++ b/extensions/machine-learning/src/configurations/packageConfigModel.ts
@@ -32,4 +32,9 @@ export interface PackageConfigModel {
 	 * Package file name if package has download url
 	 */
 	fileName?: string;
+
+	/**
+	 * Package platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)
+	 */
+	platform?: string;
 }
diff --git a/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/packageManager.ts b/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/packageManager.ts
index 54b0c23ecc..b474b4deca 100644
--- a/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/packageManager.ts
+++ b/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/packageManager.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export class PackageManager {
 	 */
 	public async managePackages(): Promise<void> {
 		try {
-			await this.enableExternalScript();
 
 			// Only execute the command if there's a valid connection with ml configuration enabled
 			//
@@ -129,7 +128,8 @@ export class PackageManager {
 		}
 
 		await utils.createFolder(utils.getRPackagesFolderPath(this._rootFolder));
-		await Promise.all(this._config.requiredSqlRPackages.map(x => this.installRPackage(x)));
+		const packages = this._config.requiredSqlRPackages.filter(p => !p.platform || p.platform === process.platform);
+		await Promise.all(packages.map(x => this.installRPackage(x)));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/sqlRPackageManageProvider.ts b/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/sqlRPackageManageProvider.ts
index c40560e4b8..cc20d599ca 100644
--- a/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/sqlRPackageManageProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/machine-learning/src/packageManagement/sqlRPackageManageProvider.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class SqlRPackageManageProvider extends SqlPackageManageProviderBase impl
 			let scripts: string[] = [
 				'formals(quit)$save <- formals(q)$save <- "no"',
 				'library(sqlmlutils)',
-				`connection <- connectionInfo(${connectionParts})`,
+				`connection <- connectionInfo(driver= "ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server", ${connectionParts})`,
 				`r = getOption("repos")`,
 				`r["CRAN"] = "${this._config.rPackagesRepository}"`,
 				`options(repos = r)`,