diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs
index c51a035147ed..26fdeceed775 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/CommonOptions.cs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public static Option<string> OperatingSystemOption() =>
 
         public static Option<bool> SelfContainedOption() =>
             new ForwardedOption<bool>(
-                "--self-contained",
+                new string[] { "--sc", "--self-contained" },
                 CommonLocalizableStrings.SelfContainedOptionDescription)
             .ForwardAsMany(o => new string[] { $"-property:SelfContained={o}", "-property:_CommandLineDefinedSelfContained=true" });
 
diff --git a/src/Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs b/src/Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
index 579d1604b860..d1a934a45894 100644
--- a/src/Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ public void ItDoesNotImplicitlyRestoreAProjectWhenPublishingWithTheNoRestoreOpti
 
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(null)]
+        [InlineData("--sc")]
         [InlineData("--self-contained")]
+        [InlineData("--sc=true")]
         [InlineData("--self-contained=true")]
         public void ItPublishesSelfContainedWithRid(string args)
         {
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ public void ItPublishesSelfContainedWithRid(string args)
         }
 
         [Theory]
+        [InlineData("--sc=false")]
         [InlineData("--self-contained=false")]
         [InlineData("--no-self-contained")]
         public void ItPublishesFrameworkDependentWithRid(string args)
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ public void ItPublishesFrameworkDependentWithRid(string args)
         }
 
         [Theory]
+        [InlineData("--sc=false")]
         [InlineData("--self-contained=false")]
         [InlineData(null)]
         [InlineData("--no-self-contained")]
@@ -165,7 +169,9 @@ public void ItPublishesFrameworkDependentWithoutRid(string args)
         }
 
         [Theory]
+        [InlineData("--sc --no-self-contained")]
         [InlineData("--self-contained --no-self-contained")]
+        [InlineData("--sc=true --no-self-contained")]
         [InlineData("--self-contained=true --no-self-contained")]
         public void ItFailsToPublishWithConflictingArgument(string args)
         {