diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index df5b215d4..ab0fe9eb6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Optional OWNER for using packages from GitHub Package Registry organizations/users other than the current repository''s owner. Only used if a GPR URL is also provided in source-url'
   config-file:
     description: 'Optional NuGet.config location, if your NuGet.config isn''t located in the root of the repo.'
+  include-prerelease:
+    description: 'Whether prerelease versions should be matched with non-exact versions (for example 5.0.0-preview.6 being matched by 5, 5.0, 5.x or 5.0.x). Defaults to false if not provided.'
+    required: False
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 5e4739a51..e41601018 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -7833,7 +7833,9 @@ function run() {
                 }
             }
             if (version) {
-                const dotnetInstaller = new installer.DotnetCoreInstaller(version);
+                const includePrerelease = (core.getInput('include-prerelease') || 'false').toLowerCase() ===
+                    'true';
+                const dotnetInstaller = new installer.DotnetCoreInstaller(version, includePrerelease);
                 yield dotnetInstaller.installDotnet();
             }
             const sourceUrl = core.getInput('source-url');
@@ -16880,7 +16882,6 @@ class DotNetVersionInfo {
             this.isExactVersionSet = true;
             return;
         }
-        //Note: No support for previews when using generic
         const parts = version.split('.');
         if (parts.length < 2 || parts.length > 3)
             this.throwInvalidVersionFormat();
@@ -16922,8 +16923,9 @@ class DotNetVersionInfo {
 }
 exports.DotNetVersionInfo = DotNetVersionInfo;
 class DotnetCoreInstaller {
-    constructor(version) {
+    constructor(version, includePrerelease = false) {
         this.version = version;
+        this.includePrerelease = includePrerelease;
     }
     installDotnet() {
         return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
@@ -17030,14 +17032,22 @@ class DotnetCoreInstaller {
             const releasesResult = releasesResponse.result || {};
             let releasesInfo = releasesResult['releases'];
             releasesInfo = releasesInfo.filter((releaseInfo) => {
-                return (semver.satisfies(releaseInfo['sdk']['version'], versionInfo.version()) ||
-                    semver.satisfies(releaseInfo['sdk']['version-display'], versionInfo.version()));
+                return (semver.satisfies(releaseInfo['sdk']['version'], versionInfo.version(), {
+                    includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+                }) ||
+                    semver.satisfies(releaseInfo['sdk']['version-display'], versionInfo.version(), {
+                        includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+                    }));
             });
             // Exclude versions that are newer than the latest if using not exact
             let latestSdk = releasesResult['latest-sdk'];
-            releasesInfo = releasesInfo.filter((releaseInfo) => semver.lte(releaseInfo['sdk']['version'], latestSdk));
+            releasesInfo = releasesInfo.filter((releaseInfo) => semver.lte(releaseInfo['sdk']['version'], latestSdk, {
+                includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+            }));
             // Sort for latest version
-            releasesInfo = releasesInfo.sort((a, b) => semver.rcompare(a['sdk']['version'], b['sdk']['version']));
+            releasesInfo = releasesInfo.sort((a, b) => semver.rcompare(a['sdk']['version'], b['sdk']['version'], {
+                includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+            }));
             if (releasesInfo.length == 0) {
                 throw new Error(`Could not find dotnet core version. Please ensure that specified version ${versionInfo.inputVersion} is valid.`);
             }
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index d0bc4f4fa..aa2b45c64 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export class DotNetVersionInfo {
       return;
     }
 
-    //Note: No support for previews when using generic
     const parts: string[] = version.split('.');
 
     if (parts.length < 2 || parts.length > 3) this.throwInvalidVersionFormat();
@@ -80,8 +79,9 @@ export class DotNetVersionInfo {
 }
 
 export class DotnetCoreInstaller {
-  constructor(version: string) {
+  constructor(version: string, includePrerelease: boolean = false) {
     this.version = version;
+    this.includePrerelease = includePrerelease;
   }
 
   public async installDotnet() {
@@ -216,13 +216,15 @@ export class DotnetCoreInstaller {
     let releasesInfo: any[] = releasesResult['releases'];
     releasesInfo = releasesInfo.filter((releaseInfo: any) => {
       return (
-        semver.satisfies(
-          releaseInfo['sdk']['version'],
-          versionInfo.version()
-        ) ||
+        semver.satisfies(releaseInfo['sdk']['version'], versionInfo.version(), {
+          includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+        }) ||
         semver.satisfies(
           releaseInfo['sdk']['version-display'],
-          versionInfo.version()
+          versionInfo.version(),
+          {
+            includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+          }
         )
       );
     });
@@ -231,12 +233,16 @@ export class DotnetCoreInstaller {
     let latestSdk: string = releasesResult['latest-sdk'];
 
     releasesInfo = releasesInfo.filter((releaseInfo: any) =>
-      semver.lte(releaseInfo['sdk']['version'], latestSdk)
+      semver.lte(releaseInfo['sdk']['version'], latestSdk, {
+        includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+      })
     );
 
     // Sort for latest version
     releasesInfo = releasesInfo.sort((a, b) =>
-      semver.rcompare(a['sdk']['version'], b['sdk']['version'])
+      semver.rcompare(a['sdk']['version'], b['sdk']['version'], {
+        includePrerelease: this.includePrerelease
+      })
     );
 
     if (releasesInfo.length == 0) {
@@ -281,6 +287,7 @@ export class DotnetCoreInstaller {
   }
 
   private version: string;
+  private includePrerelease: boolean;
 }
 
 const DotNetCoreIndexUrl: string =
diff --git a/src/setup-dotnet.ts b/src/setup-dotnet.ts
index ec804eb34..51ace9933 100644
--- a/src/setup-dotnet.ts
+++ b/src/setup-dotnet.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ export async function run() {
     }
 
     if (version) {
-      const dotnetInstaller = new installer.DotnetCoreInstaller(version);
+      const includePrerelease: boolean =
+        (core.getInput('include-prerelease') || 'false').toLowerCase() ===
+        'true';
+
+      const dotnetInstaller = new installer.DotnetCoreInstaller(
+        version,
+        includePrerelease
+      );
       await dotnetInstaller.installDotnet();
     }