diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Deploy/DeploySupportAttribute.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Deploy/DeploySupportAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7f32b52d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Deploy/DeploySupportAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using Semver;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Deploy
+{
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly)]
+    public class DeploySupportAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        public DeploySupportAttribute(string version)
+        {
+            Version = version;
+        }
+
+        public SemVersion Version { get; private set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index dbc1ab6c93..204612b3d9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Security;
 using System.Security.Permissions;
+using Umbraco.Core.Deploy;
 
-// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
 // set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
 // associated with an assembly.
 [assembly: AssemblyTitle("Umbraco.Core")]
@@ -12,14 +13,16 @@ using System.Security.Permissions;
 [assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("Umbraco CMS")]
 
-// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
-// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
 // COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
 [assembly: ComVisible(false)]
 
 // The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
 [assembly: Guid("130a6b5c-50e7-4df3-a0dd-e9e7eb0b7c5c")]
 
+[assembly: DeploySupport("1.0.0-alpha000")]
+
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("umbraco")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Umbraco.Tests")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Umbraco.Extensions")]
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 11f113ab1e..9d27e79e21 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DateTimeExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DecimalExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DelegateExtensions.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Deploy\DeploySupportAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DictionaryExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Dictionary\CultureDictionaryFactoryResolver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Dictionary\ICultureDictionaryFactory.cs" />