diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/InstallModel.fs b/src/Paket.Core/InstallModel.fs
index 693d2a616b..f200698ed5 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/InstallModel.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/InstallModel.fs
@@ -288,25 +288,7 @@ type InstallModel =
         | [] -> this
         | restrictions ->
             let applRestriction folder =
-                { folder with 
-                    Targets = 
-                        folder.Targets
-                        |> List.filter 
-                            (function 
-                             | SinglePlatform pf -> 
-                                restrictions
-                                |> List.exists (fun restriction ->
-                                        match restriction with
-                                        | FrameworkRestriction.Exactly fw -> pf = fw
-                                        | FrameworkRestriction.Portable r -> false
-                                        | FrameworkRestriction.AtLeast fw -> pf >= fw                
-                                        | FrameworkRestriction.Between(min,max) -> pf >= min && pf < max)
-                             | _ -> 
-                                restrictions
-                                |> List.exists (fun restriction ->
-                                        match restriction with
-                                        | FrameworkRestriction.Portable r -> true
-                                        | _ -> false))}
+                { folder with Targets = applyRestrictionsToTargets restrictions folder.Targets}
 
             {this with 
                 ReferenceFileFolders = 
@@ -317,7 +299,7 @@ type InstallModel =
                 TargetsFileFolders = 
                     this.TargetsFileFolders
                     |> List.map applRestriction
-                    |> List.filter (fun folder -> folder.Targets <> [])                     }    
+                    |> List.filter (fun folder -> folder.Targets <> [])                     }
 
     member this.GetFrameworkAssembliesLazy = 
         lazy ([ for lib in this.ReferenceFileFolders do
diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/Requirements.fs b/src/Paket.Core/Requirements.fs
index fb1e5d3574..5b7e12e28b 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/Requirements.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/Requirements.fs
@@ -213,6 +213,44 @@ let filterRestrictions (list1:FrameworkRestrictions) (list2:FrameworkRestriction
                 if c <> [] then yield! c]
     |> optimizeRestrictions
 
+let inline frameworkCategory (fw:FrameworkIdentifier) =
+    match fw with
+    | DotNetFramework _ -> ".NET"
+    | Silverlight _ -> "Silverlight"
+    | DNX _ -> "DNX"
+    | DNXCore _ -> "DNXCore"
+    | MonoAndroid _ -> "MonoAndroid"
+    | MonoMac _ -> "MonoMac"
+    | MonoTouch _ -> "MonoTouch"
+    | Windows _ -> "Windows"
+    | WindowsPhoneApp _ -> "WindowsPhoneApp"
+    | WindowsPhoneSilverlight _ -> "WindowsPhoneSilverlight"
+    | XamarinMac _ -> "XamarinMac"
+    | XamariniOS _ -> "XamariniOS"
+
+
+/// Get if a target should be considered with the specified restrictions
+let isTargetMatchingRestrictions (restrictions:FrameworkRestrictions) = function
+    | SinglePlatform pf ->
+        restrictions
+        |> List.exists (fun restriction ->
+                match restriction with
+                | FrameworkRestriction.Exactly fw -> pf = fw
+                | FrameworkRestriction.Portable _ -> false
+                | FrameworkRestriction.AtLeast fw -> pf >= fw && frameworkCategory pf = frameworkCategory fw
+                | FrameworkRestriction.Between(min,max) -> pf >= min && pf < max && frameworkCategory pf = frameworkCategory min)
+    | PortableProfile(_,_) ->
+        restrictions
+        |> List.exists (fun restriction ->
+                match restriction with
+                | FrameworkRestriction.Portable _ -> true
+                | _ -> false)
+
+/// Get all targets that should be considered with the specified restrictions
+let applyRestrictionsToTargets (restrictions:FrameworkRestrictions) (targets: TargetProfile list) =
+    let result = targets |> List.filter (isTargetMatchingRestrictions restrictions)
+    result
+
 type ContentCopySettings =
 | Omit
 | Overwrite
diff --git a/tests/Paket.Tests/Paket.Tests.fsproj b/tests/Paket.Tests/Paket.Tests.fsproj
index a9721aafc3..733c157d23 100644
--- a/tests/Paket.Tests/Paket.Tests.fsproj
+++ b/tests/Paket.Tests/Paket.Tests.fsproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
     <Compile Include="InstallModel\Penalty\FrameworkConditionsSpecs.fs" />
     <Compile Include="InstallModel\AnalyzerSpecs.fs" />
     <Compile Include="DependencyModel\ProjectDependencySpecs.fs" />
+    <Compile Include="Requirements\RestrictionApplicationSpecs.fs" />
     <None Include="paket.references" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/Paket.Tests/Requirements/RestrictionApplicationSpecs.fs b/tests/Paket.Tests/Requirements/RestrictionApplicationSpecs.fs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04237c032d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Paket.Tests/Requirements/RestrictionApplicationSpecs.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+module Paket.Requirements.RestrictionApplicationSpecs
+
+open Paket
+open FsUnit
+open NUnit.Framework
+open Paket.Requirements
+
+let dotnet x = SinglePlatform(DotNetFramework(x))
+
+module TestTargetProfiles =
+    let DotNetFrameworkVersions =
+       [FrameworkVersion.V1
+        FrameworkVersion.V1_1
+        FrameworkVersion.V2
+        FrameworkVersion.V3
+        FrameworkVersion.V3_5
+        FrameworkVersion.V4_Client
+        FrameworkVersion.V4
+        FrameworkVersion.V4_5
+        FrameworkVersion.V4_5_1
+        FrameworkVersion.V4_5_2
+        FrameworkVersion.V4_5_3
+        FrameworkVersion.V4_6]
+
+    let DotNetFrameworkProfiles = DotNetFrameworkVersions |> List.map dotnet
+
+    let WindowsProfiles =
+       [SinglePlatform(Windows "v4.5")
+        SinglePlatform(Windows "v4.5.1")]
+
+    let SilverlightProfiles =
+       [SinglePlatform(Silverlight "v3.0")
+        SinglePlatform(Silverlight "v4.0")
+        SinglePlatform(Silverlight "v5.0")]
+
+    let WindowsPhoneSilverlightProfiles =
+       [SinglePlatform(WindowsPhoneSilverlight "v7.0")
+        SinglePlatform(WindowsPhoneSilverlight "v7.1")
+        SinglePlatform(WindowsPhoneSilverlight "v8.0")
+        SinglePlatform(WindowsPhoneSilverlight "v8.1")]
+
+    let AllProfiles =
+       DotNetFrameworkProfiles @ 
+       WindowsProfiles @ 
+       SilverlightProfiles @
+       WindowsPhoneSilverlightProfiles @
+       [SinglePlatform(MonoAndroid)
+        SinglePlatform(MonoTouch)
+        SinglePlatform(XamariniOS)
+        SinglePlatform(XamarinMac)
+        SinglePlatform(WindowsPhoneApp "v8.1")
+       ]
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``>= net10 contains all but only dotnet versions (#1124)`` () =
+    /// https://github.com/fsprojects/Paket/issues/1124
+    let restrictions = [FrameworkRestriction.AtLeast(DotNetFramework(FrameworkVersion.V1))]
+    let restricted = applyRestrictionsToTargets restrictions TestTargetProfiles.AllProfiles
+    
+    restricted |> shouldEqual TestTargetProfiles.DotNetFrameworkProfiles
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``>= net452 contains 4.5.2 and following versions`` () =
+    let restrictions = [FrameworkRestriction.AtLeast(DotNetFramework(FrameworkVersion.V4_5_2))]
+    let restricted = applyRestrictionsToTargets restrictions TestTargetProfiles.AllProfiles
+    let expected = [FrameworkVersion.V4_5_2; FrameworkVersion.V4_5_3; FrameworkVersion.V4_6] |> List.map dotnet
+
+    restricted |> shouldEqual expected
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``>= net40 < net451 contains 4.0 and 4.5`` () =
+    let restrictions = [FrameworkRestriction.Between(DotNetFramework(FrameworkVersion.V4), DotNetFramework(FrameworkVersion.V4_5_1))]
+    let restricted = applyRestrictionsToTargets restrictions TestTargetProfiles.AllProfiles
+    let expected = [FrameworkVersion.V4; FrameworkVersion.V4_5] |> List.map dotnet
+
+    restricted |> shouldEqual expected
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``>= sl30 contains all but only silverlight versions`` () =
+    let restrictions = [FrameworkRestriction.AtLeast(Silverlight "v3.0")]
+    let restricted = applyRestrictionsToTargets restrictions TestTargetProfiles.AllProfiles
+    
+    restricted |> shouldEqual TestTargetProfiles.SilverlightProfiles
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