diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet-core-desktop.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet-core-desktop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a026c0d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet-core-desktop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: .NET Core Desktop
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        configuration: [Debug, Release]
+
+    runs-on: windows-latest  # For a list of available runner types, refer to 
+                             # https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Install .NET Core
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: 3.1.101
+        
+    - name: Use Node.js 12
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: 12
+
+    - name: Setup MSBuild.exe
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@2008f912f56e61277eefaac6d1888b750582aa16
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: msbuild build.proj /p:PackageOutputDir="${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/nuget-output" /p:Configuration=${{ matrix.configuration }}
+      env:
+        Configuration: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+
+    - name: Upload build artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: Nuget Package
+        path: "${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/nuget-output"
diff --git a/src/React.Template/reactnet-webpack/Program.cs b/src/React.Template/reactnet-webpack/Program.cs
index 0929370a8..d6f6ba5f7 100644
--- a/src/React.Template/reactnet-webpack/Program.cs
+++ b/src/React.Template/reactnet-webpack/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System;
 
 namespace React.Sample.Webpack.CoreMvc
 {
@@ -13,6 +19,32 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
 		public static IWebHost BuildWebHost(string[] args) =>
 			WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
 				.UseStartup<Startup>()
+				.ConfigureServices((hostContext, service) =>
+				{
+					service.AddHostedService<WebpackDevServer>();
+				})
 				.Build();
+
+		private class WebpackDevServer : BackgroundService
+		{
+			protected override Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken token)
+			{
+				if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
+				{
+					var devServer = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
+					{
+						Arguments = "/c npm i && npm run build -- --watch",
+						RedirectStandardError = false,
+						RedirectStandardInput = false,
+						RedirectStandardOutput = false,
+						FileName = "cmd.exe"
+					});
+
+					token.Register(() => devServer?.Kill(true));
+				}
+
+				return Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, token);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }