diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afc6e2c8..8a34040d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ website/
 
 # exclude security scanning results.
 results.sarif
+Elskom.Sdk/Sdk.props
diff --git a/Elskom.Sdk/Elskom.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets b/Elskom.Sdk/Elskom.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f6971fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elskom.Sdk/Elskom.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- .NET 9.0 -->
+    <KnownFrameworkReference Include="Elskom.Sdk.App" TargetFramework="net9.0" RuntimeFrameworkName="Elskom.Sdk.App" DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion="$(ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion)" LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion="$(ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion)" TargetingPackName="Elskom.Sdk.App.Ref" TargetingPackVersion="$(ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion)" RuntimePackNamePatterns="Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.**RID**" RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers="win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64;linux-x64;linux-arm;linux-arm64;osx-x64;osx-arm64" IsTrimmable="true" />
+    <!-- .NET 8.0 -->
+    <KnownFrameworkReference Include="Elskom.Sdk.App" TargetFramework="net8.0" RuntimeFrameworkName="Elskom.Sdk.App" DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion="$(ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion)" LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion="$(ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion)" TargetingPackName="Elskom.Sdk.App.Ref" TargetingPackVersion="$(ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion)" RuntimePackNamePatterns="Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.**RID**" RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers="win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64;linux-x64;linux-arm;linux-arm64;osx-x64;osx-arm64" IsTrimmable="true" />
+    <FrameworkReference Include="Elskom.Sdk.App" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" Pack="false" PrivateAssets="All" Condition="'$(ElskomSdkDisableImplicitFrameworkReference)' != 'true'" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/Elskom.Sdk/Elskom.Sdk.csproj b/Elskom.Sdk/Elskom.Sdk.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3d2e2d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elskom.Sdk/Elskom.Sdk.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets" InitialTargets="WriteSdkPropsFile">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
+    <NoPackageAnalysis>true</NoPackageAnalysis>
+    <PackageTags>GitBuildInformation;SettingsFile;zlib;BlowFish;Unluac;ZipAssembly;ReleasePackaging;MessageManager;GenericPluginLoader;MiniDump;PluginFramework;PluginUpdateCheck;GitBuildInfo</PackageTags>
+    <Description>Elskom SDK for development of Els_kom plugins and for Els_kom itself. Also contains libs that can be used for other projects as well.</Description>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Fixed issue where SDK might not add a known framework reference for projects that target the .NET 7 runtime.</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1507</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="*.in" />
+    <!-- If Sdk.props file exists, update it. -->
+    <!-- <None Update="Sdk.props" Pack="true" PackagePath="Sdk" Condition="Exists('Sdk.props')" /> -->
+    <None Include="Sdk.targets" Pack="true" PackagePath="Sdk" />
+    <None Include="Elskom.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets" Pack="true" PackagePath="Sdk" />
+    <None Include="../els_kom.png" Pack="true" PackagePath="Icon.png" Visible="false" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="WriteSdkPropsFile">
+    <WriteLinesToFile
+      File="Sdk.props"
+      Lines="$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('Sdk.props.in').Replace('@SDK_VERSION@',$(Version)))"
+      Overwrite="true"
+      Encoding="Unicode"
+      WriteOnlyWhenDifferent="true" />
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <None Include="Sdk.props" Pack="true" PackagePath="Sdk" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/Elskom.Sdk/Sdk.props.in b/Elskom.Sdk/Sdk.props.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5dad16a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elskom.Sdk/Sdk.props.in
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdk)' == ''">
+    <ElskomSdkMicrosoftNETSdkImported>true</ElskomSdkMicrosoftNETSdkImported>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" Condition="'$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdk)' == ''" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
+    <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild Condition="'$(ProduceOnlyReferenceAssembly)' == ''">true</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
+    <EnableNETAnalyzers>true</EnableNETAnalyzers>
+    <AnalysisLevel>preview</AnalysisLevel>
+    <AnalysisMode>AllEnabledByDefault</AnalysisMode>
+    <!--
+        When DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences is true and ElskomSdkDisableImplicitFrameworkReference
+        is not set, then set it to true by default.
+    -->
+    <ElskomSdkDisableImplicitFrameworkReference Condition="'$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' == 'true' AND '$(ElskomSdkDisableImplicitFrameworkReference)' == ''">true</ElskomSdkDisableImplicitFrameworkReference>
+    <ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion)' == ''">@SDK_VERSION@</ElskomSdkFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ElskomSdkSkipImplicitPackages)' == ''">
+    <!-- Only add these analyzers when installed as an Sdk package from nuget. -->
+    <PackageReference
+            Include="SonarAnalyzer.CSharp"
+            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+            Version="*-*">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference
+            Include="StyleCop.Analyzers"
+            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+            Version="*-*">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference
+            Include="IDisposableAnalyzers"
+            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+            Version="*-*">
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <!--
+    <PackageReference
+            Include="ReflectionAnalyzers"
+            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+            Version="*-*"
+            Condition="'$(ProduceOnlyReferenceAssembly)' == ''">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference> -->
+    <!--
+        Generate code for resx files.
+        But not for code that targets WindowsDesktop as that needs a source generator
+        that supports binary resources in resx files.
+    -->
+    <PackageReference
+            Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.ResxSourceGenerator"
+            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+            Version="*-*"
+            Condition="'$(ProduceOnlyReferenceAssembly)' == '' AND '$(UseWPF)' != 'true' AND '$(UseWindowsForms)' != 'true'">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <!--
+        For WindowsDesktop targeting applications, we need to use a special source generator that supports binary resource
+        files that are a part of the resx file.
+    -->
+    <PackageReference
+            Include="Meziantou.Framework.ResxSourceGenerator"
+            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+            Version="*-*"
+            Condition="'$(ProduceOnlyReferenceAssembly)' == '' AND ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true' OR '$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true')">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <!-- Implicitly include Properties/Resources.resx file for source generation. -->
+    <AdditionalFiles
+            Include="Properties\Resources.resx"
+            Condition="Exists('Properties\Resources.resx')" />
+    <!-- Update implicitly included Properties/Resources.resx file for source generation when it exists inside of a WindowsDesktop application. -->
+    <AdditionalFiles
+            Update="Properties\Resources.resx"
+            Condition="Exists('Properties\Resources.resx') AND ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true' OR '$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true')"
+            Namespace="$(RootNamespace).Properties"
+            ClassName="Resources" />
+    <!-- We need the source generator we created. -->
+    <PackageReference
+            Include="GitBuildInfo.SourceGenerator"
+            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+            Version="*-*"
+            Condition="'$(ProduceOnlyReferenceAssembly)' == ''">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/Elskom.Sdk/Sdk.targets b/Elskom.Sdk/Sdk.targets
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48c10d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elskom.Sdk/Sdk.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <Import Project="Elskom.Sdk.DefaultItems.targets" />
+  <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" Condition="'$(ElskomSdkMicrosoftNETSdkImported)' == 'true'" />
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 077bbab0..bc0adee5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Runtime for the Elskom .NET SDK workload.
 
 | Package | Version |
 |:-------:|:-------:|
+| Elskom.Sdk | [![NuGet Badge](https://buildstats.info/nuget/Elskom.Sdk?includePreReleases=true)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Elskom.Sdk/)
 | Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-x86 | [![NuGet Badge](https://buildstats.info/nuget/Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-x86?includePreReleases=true)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-x86/) |
 | Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-x64 | [![NuGet Badge](https://buildstats.info/nuget/Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-x64?includePreReleases=true)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-x64/) |
 | Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-arm64 | [![NuGet Badge](https://buildstats.info/nuget/Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-arm64?includePreReleases=true)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.win-arm64/) |
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index e8f6f81a..23eda40c 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This repo version -->
-    <MajorVersion>8</MajorVersion>
+    <MajorVersion>9</MajorVersion>
     <MinorVersion>0</MinorVersion>
     <PatchVersion>0</PatchVersion>
     <VersionPrefix>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(PatchVersion)</VersionPrefix>
diff --git a/pkg/bundle/Elskom.Sdk.App.Bundle.bundleproj b/pkg/bundle/Elskom.Sdk.App.Bundle.bundleproj
index dfefc400..e008e3e4 100644
--- a/pkg/bundle/Elskom.Sdk.App.Bundle.bundleproj
+++ b/pkg/bundle/Elskom.Sdk.App.Bundle.bundleproj
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Archives"> <!-- Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Linux'))"> -->
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
+    <SdkPackReference Include="../../Elskom.Sdk/Elskom.Sdk.csproj" />
     <BundleComponentReference Include="../sfx/Elskom.Sdk.App.Runtime.sfxproj">
       <AdditionalProperties>RuntimeIdentifier=$(RuntimeIdentifier)</AdditionalProperties>
     </BundleComponentReference>
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
   <Target Name="PublishToDisk">
     <Error Condition="'$(OutputPath)' == ''" Text="Publishing to disk requires the OutputPath to be set to the root of the path to write to." />
     <MSBuild Projects="@(BundleComponentReference)" Targets="PublishToDisk;Pack" Properties="OutputPath=$(OutputPath)" />
+    <MSBuild Projects="@(SdkPackReference)" Targets="Pack" Properties="OutputPath=$(ArtifactsShippingPackagesDir);Version=$(Version)" RemoveProperties="RuntimeIdentifier" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="PublishSymbolsToDisk">
diff --git a/runtime.sln b/runtime.sln
index d5f79ce2..cf312330 100644
--- a/runtime.sln
+++ b/runtime.sln
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "installer", "installer", "{
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "installers", "pkg\installer\installers.csproj", "{B9065E22-3A4C-4A38-BD46-330CD60F094F}"
 EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Sdk", "Sdk", "{5212A248-77A1-49A4-9E86-0FAADEAE6042}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Elskom.Sdk", "Elskom.Sdk\Elskom.Sdk.csproj", "{1C37BC41-D636-44EC-8603-ADB356BC7B3F}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -166,6 +170,10 @@ Global
 		{B9065E22-3A4C-4A38-BD46-330CD60F094F}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{B9065E22-3A4C-4A38-BD46-330CD60F094F}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{B9065E22-3A4C-4A38-BD46-330CD60F094F}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{1C37BC41-D636-44EC-8603-ADB356BC7B3F}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{1C37BC41-D636-44EC-8603-ADB356BC7B3F}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{1C37BC41-D636-44EC-8603-ADB356BC7B3F}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{1C37BC41-D636-44EC-8603-ADB356BC7B3F}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -197,6 +205,7 @@ Global
 		{2D1878AD-8A11-4F56-9E3A-58ABDAAEA292} = {E5605BA8-4F46-4B1F-AB27-C5DA07FED9C5}
 		{611B9497-B82A-4C65-91E7-7C54F1E52CF4} = {20C33D3B-3412-40EB-8284-C4979AD2F390}
 		{B9065E22-3A4C-4A38-BD46-330CD60F094F} = {611B9497-B82A-4C65-91E7-7C54F1E52CF4}
+		{1C37BC41-D636-44EC-8603-ADB356BC7B3F} = {5212A248-77A1-49A4-9E86-0FAADEAE6042}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {AE022F12-D088-439B-8AD2-EAAF2FE7C6C0}