diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index 9574f4eb9df..28187de99a1 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -188,6 +188,23 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli([bool]$install, [bool]$createSdkLocationFile) {
     $dotnetRoot = $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR
   } else {
     $dotnetRoot = Join-Path $RepoRoot '.dotnet'
+    if ($env:DOTNET_USE_ARCH_IN_INSTALL_PATH -eq "1") {
+      $osArchitecture = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture
+      if ($osArchitecture) {
+        $rid = "win-$osArchitecture".ToLowerInvariant()
+      } else {
+        # netfx / desktop
+        $osArchitecture = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).OSArchitecture
+        switch -Wildcard ($osArchitecture) {
+            "*ARM 64-bit*" { $rid = "win-arm64"; break }
+            "*ARM*" { $rid = "win-arm"; break }
+            "*32-bit*" { $rid = "win-x86"; break }
+            "*64-bit*" { $rid = "win-x64"; break }
+        }
+      }
+
+      $dotnetRoot = Join-Path $dotnetRoot $rid
+    }
 
     if (-not (Test-Path(Join-Path $dotnetRoot "sdk\$dotnetSdkVersion"))) {
       if ($install) {
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.sh b/eng/common/tools.sh
index 00473c9f918..7de532773ef 100755
--- a/eng/common/tools.sh
+++ b/eng/common/tools.sh
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli {
     dotnet_root="$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR"
   else
     dotnet_root="${repo_root}.dotnet"
+    if [[ "${DOTNET_USE_ARCH_IN_INSTALL_PATH:-}" == "1" ]]; then
+      . "$_script_dir/native/init-os-and-arch.sh"
+      if (ldd --version 2>&1 || true) | grep -q musl; then os="${os}-musl"; fi
+      dotnet_root="${dotnet_root}/${os}-${arch}"
+    fi
 
     export DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR="$dotnet_root"