diff --git a/NUnit.proj b/NUnit.proj
index 0460ebe9ee..91c89d59b8 100644
--- a/NUnit.proj
+++ b/NUnit.proj
@@ -467,6 +467,17 @@
 
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="PackageNuGetRunners" Label="Creates the NUnit.Runners NuGet package"
+      DependsOnTargets="_CreateImageIfNotPresent">
+    <Message Text="******************************************************************" />
+    <Message Text="* Creating the NUnit.Runners Nuget $(Configuration) package" />
+    <Message Text="******************************************************************" />
+
+    <Exec WorkingDirectory="$(ProjectBaseDir)"
+        Command="$(ManagedExeLauncher) &quot;$(NugetExecutable)&quot; pack $(NuspecDirectory)\nunit.runners.nuspec -NoPackageAnalysis -BasePath &quot;$(CurrentImageDir)&quot; -OutputDirectory &quot;$(ProjectPackageDir)&quot; -Properties version=$(NugetVersion)" />
+
+  </Target>
+
   <Target Name="PackageNugetEngine" Label="Creates the NUnit.Engine NuGet package"
       DependsOnTargets="_CreateImageIfNotPresent">
     <Message Text="******************************************************************" />
diff --git a/nuget/nunit.console.nuspec b/nuget/nunit.console.nuspec
index c3e2c6b90b..7479f6135e 100644
--- a/nuget/nunit.console.nuspec
+++ b/nuget/nunit.console.nuspec
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
     <iconUrl>http://nunit.org/nuget/nunitv3_32x32.png</iconUrl>
     <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
     <summary>Console runner for version 3.0 of the NUnit unit-testing framework.</summary>
-    <description>This package includes the nunit3-console runner and test engine for version 3.0 of the NUnit unit-testing framework. The runner will run 2.6 tests using a plugin.&#10;&#13;This is an beta release, but is ready for production use for people with prior NUnit experience.</description>
-    <releaseNotes>This is an beta release, but is ready for production use for people with prior NUnit experience.</releaseNotes>
+    <description>This package includes the nunit3-console runner and test engine for version 3.0 of the NUnit unit-testing framework.
+    
+    The runner will run 2.6 tests using the included plugin.</description>
+    <releaseNotes></releaseNotes>
     <language>en-US</language>
     <tags>nunit test testing tdd runner</tags>
     <copyright>Copyright (c) 2015 Charlie Poole</copyright>
diff --git a/nuget/nunit.runners.nuspec b/nuget/nunit.runners.nuspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07f65c00f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nuget/nunit.runners.nuspec
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
+  <metadata>
+    <id>NUnit.Runners</id>
+    <title>NUnit Console Version 3</title>
+    <version>$version$</version>
+    <authors>Charlie Poole</authors>
+    <owners>Charlie Poole</owners>
+    <licenseUrl>http://nunit.org/nuget/nunit3-license.txt</licenseUrl>
+    <projectUrl>http://nunit.org</projectUrl>
+    <iconUrl>http://nunit.org/nuget/nunitv3_32x32.png</iconUrl>
+    <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
+    <summary>Console runner for version 3.0 of the NUnit unit-testing framework.</summary>
+    <description>This package is now a reference to the NUnit.Console package, which provides the nunit3-console runner and test engine for version 3.0 of the NUnit unit-testing framework.
+
+The runner will run 2.6 tests using the included plugin.
+
+Users may update their projects to use the NUnit.Console package directly if desired.</description>
+    <releaseNotes>This package no longer contains the gui and pnunit runners, which were in earlier releases. Those runners do not exist for NUnit 3.0 at this time.</releaseNotes>
+    <language>en-US</language>
+    <tags>nunit test testing tdd runner</tags>
+    <copyright>Copyright (c) 2015 Charlie Poole</copyright>
+    <dependencies>
+      <group>
+        <dependency id="NUnit.Console" version="[$version$]" />
+      </group>
+    </dependencies>
+  </metadata>
+  <files></files>
+</package>