diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/packages.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/packages.nix
index 10f06dcec0e5..d35fd57145b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/packages.nix
@@ -249,4 +249,8 @@ in
     aspnetcore
     ;
 
+  packages = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (
+    # recursion can't handle . in the attribute names
+    lib.genAttrs' packages (p: lib.nameValuePair (lib.replaceString "." "-" p.pname) p)
+  );
 }