diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/APIApprovals.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/APIApprovals.cs
index 2a54f75..2e5dab1 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/APIApprovals.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/APIApprovals.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class APIApprovals
     [Test]
     public void Approve()
     {
-        var publicApi = ApiGenerator.GeneratePublicApi(typeof(PerformanceCountersFeature).Assembly);
+        var publicApi = ApiGenerator.GeneratePublicApi(typeof(PerformanceCountersFeature).Assembly, excludeAttributes: new[] { "System.Runtime.Versioning.TargetFrameworkAttribute" });
         Approver.Verify(publicApi);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.Approve.approved.txt b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.Approve.approved.txt
index 51f8702..58d55ca 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.Approve.approved.txt
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.Approve.approved.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [assembly: System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleToAttribute(@"NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests, PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100D32BC524DCB1205998C155A4F36BF873587D3602822ECD7B49CD775B2E6A006EE6B9164AB2E3103A6A4D1310C6E5C26818A32FE86710141A2D1F02EB564381CD64C88131BCCA478CDB5072F06DB991DE33DAC1C82BAF40D9F61DD6B40300A4673B693B51CD10A8B9B7D8AB64450431FA422514D6DABCAF70DF785B1E4E6E8AAF")]
-[assembly: System.Runtime.Versioning.TargetFrameworkAttribute(".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2", FrameworkDisplayName=".NET Framework 4.5.2")]
 namespace NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters
 {
     [System.AttributeUsageAttribute(System.AttributeTargets.Assembly | System.AttributeTargets.All)]
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests.csproj
index addb3b4..b5dc049 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net452</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net452;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.csproj
index 533604e..3c84211 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net452</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net452;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(SolutionDir)NServiceBus.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <Description>Enables access to performance counters</Description>
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU5110;NU5111</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Remove="Scripts\*" />
-    <Content Include="Scripts\*" Pack="true" PackagePath="build" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics" Version="[3.0.0, 4.0.0)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Fody" Version="2.2.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
@@ -22,4 +17,14 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Particular.Packaging" Version="0.3.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="4.5.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="4.5.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="Scripts\*" />
+    <Content Include="Scripts\*" Pack="true" PackagePath="build" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersExtensions.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersExtensions.cs
index e2c8197..cf0c9a2 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersExtensions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 namespace NServiceBus
 {
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Exposes windows performance counters configuration on <see cref="EndpointConfiguration"/>.
     /// </summary>
@@ -12,6 +11,12 @@ public static class PerformanceCountersExtensions
         /// <param name="endpointConfiguration">The <see cref="EndpointConfiguration" /> instance to apply the settings to.</param>
         public static PerformanceCountersSettings EnableWindowsPerformanceCounters(this EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration)
         {
+#if NETSTANDARD
+            if (!System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                throw new System.PlatformNotSupportedException("Windows Performance Counters are not supported on this platform.");
+            }
+#endif
             Guard.AgainstNull(nameof(endpointConfiguration), endpointConfiguration);
 
             endpointConfiguration.EnableFeature<PerformanceCountersFeature>();
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersSettings.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersSettings.cs
index fc0033c..52579d9 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersSettings.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Metrics.PerformanceCounters/PerformanceCountersSettings.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ internal PerformanceCountersSettings(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration
         /// <param name="sla">The SLA to use. Must be greater than <see cref="TimeSpan.Zero" />.</param>
         public void EnableSLAPerformanceCounters(TimeSpan sla)
         {
+#if NETSTANDARD
+            if (!System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                throw new PlatformNotSupportedException("Windows Performance Counters are not supported on this platform.");
+            }
+#endif
             Guard.AgainstNegativeAndZero(nameof(sla), sla);
 
             endpointConfiguration.GetSettings().Set(SLAMonitoringFeature.EndpointSLAKey, sla);