diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.SqlCe.nuspec b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.SqlCe.nuspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c2f5584bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.SqlCe.nuspec
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
+    <metadata minClientVersion="4.1.0">
+        <id>UmbracoCms.SqlCe</id>
+        <version>9.0.0</version>
+        <title>Umbraco Cms Core Binaries</title>
+        <authors>Umbraco HQ</authors>
+        <owners>Umbraco HQ</owners>
+        <license type="expression">MIT</license>
+        <projectUrl>https://umbraco.com/</projectUrl>
+        <iconUrl>https://umbraco.com/dist/nuget/logo-small.png</iconUrl>
+        <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
+        <description>Contains the SQL CE assemblies needed to run Umbraco Cms. This package only contains assemblies and can be used for package development. Use the UmbracoCms package to setup Umbraco in Visual Studio as an ASP.NET Core project.</description>
+        <summary>Contains the SQL CE assemblies needed to run Umbraco Cms</summary>
+        <language>en-US</language>
+        <tags>umbraco</tags>
+        <repository type="git" url="https://github.com/umbraco/umbraco-cms" />
+        <dependencies>
+
+            <group targetFramework="net472">
+                <!--
+                  note: dependencies are specified as [x.y.z,x.999999) eg [2.1.0,2.999999) and NOT [2.1.0,3.0.0) because
+                  the latter would pick anything below 3.0.0 and that includes prereleases such as 3.0.0-alpha, and we do
+                  not want this to happen as the alpha of the next major is, really, the next major already.
+                -->
+                <dependency id="UmbracoCms.Core" version="[$version$]" />
+                <dependency id="Umbraco.SqlServerCE" version="[4.0.0.1,4.999999)" />
+            </group>
+
+        </dependencies>
+    </metadata>
+    <files>
+        <!-- libs -->
+        <file src="$BuildTmp$\WebApp\bin\Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe.dll" target="lib\net472\Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe.dll" />
+
+        <!-- docs -->
+        <file src="$BuildTmp$\WebApp\bin\Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe.xml" target="lib\net472\Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe.xml" />
+
+        <!-- symbols -->
+        <file src="$BuildTmp$\WebApp\bin\Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe.pdb" target="lib\net472\Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe.pdb" />
+    </files>
+</package>
diff --git a/build/build.ps1 b/build/build.ps1
index a59eb2c5ca..5a8219366c 100644
--- a/build/build.ps1
+++ b/build/build.ps1
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@
       /p:UmbracoBuild=True `
       > $log
 
+      # copy Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe files into WebApp
+      Copy-Item "$($this.BuildTemp)\tests\Umbraco.Persistance.SqlCe.*" "$($this.BuildTemp)\WebApp\bin"
+
     if (-not $?) { throw "Failed to compile tests." }
 
     # /p:UmbracoBuild tells the csproj that we are building from PS
@@ -420,6 +423,12 @@
         -Verbosity detailed -outputDirectory "$($this.BuildOutput)" > "$($this.BuildTemp)\nupack.cms.log"
     if (-not $?) { throw "Failed to pack NuGet UmbracoCms." }
 
+    &$this.BuildEnv.NuGet Pack "$nuspecs\UmbracoCms.SqlCe.nuspec" `
+        -Properties BuildTmp="$($this.BuildTemp)" `
+        -Version "$($this.Version.Semver.ToString())" `
+        -Verbosity detailed -outputDirectory "$($this.BuildOutput)" > "$($this.BuildTemp)\nupack.cmssqlce.log"
+    if (-not $?) { throw "Failed to pack NuGet UmbracoCms.SqlCe." }
+
     # run hook
     if ($this.HasMethod("PostPackageNuGet"))
     {