diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db1d33c2..3ce29443 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,14 +4,25 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.52.0] - 2021-04-13
+
+### Changed
+
+- [Allow global properties to be provided to project loaders](https://github.com/ionide/proj-info/pull/107)
+
 ## [0.51.0] - 2021-03-15
 
-* Change the order of calls so that FSAC doesn't have a deadlock with its current usage of this library
+### Changed
+
+- Change the order of calls so that FSAC doesn't have a deadlock with its current usage of this library
+
 ## [0.50.0] - 2021-03-13
 
-* Introduce a pluggable abstraction for creating workspaces to allow for independent experimentation
-* Introduce a workspace implementation for MsBuild Graph Build mode, which should be a large performance boost for consumers
-* introduce debouncing to prevent rebuilds when invoked multiple times in a short timeframe
+### Changed
+
+- Introduce a pluggable abstraction for creating workspaces to allow for independent experimentation
+- Introduce a workspace implementation for MsBuild Graph Build mode, which should be a large performance boost for consumers
+- introduce debouncing to prevent rebuilds when invoked multiple times in a short timeframe
 
 ## [0.49.0] - 2021-03-03
 
diff --git a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs
index 6e8c24af..4abbf82c 100644
--- a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs
+++ b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module ProjectLoader =
         else
             [ logger ]
 
-    let getGlobalProps (path: string) (tfm: string option) =
+    let getGlobalProps (path: string) (tfm: string option) (globalProperties: (string * string) list)=
         dict [ "ProvideCommandLineArgs", "true"
                "DesignTimeBuild", "true"
                "SkipCompilerExecution", "true"
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ module ProjectLoader =
                    "TargetFramework", tfm.Value
                if path.EndsWith ".csproj" then
                    "NonExistentFile", Path.Combine("__NonExistentSubDir__", "__NonExistentFile__")
-               "DotnetProjInfo", "true" ]
+               "DotnetProjInfo", "true" 
+               yield! globalProperties ]
 
 
     let buildArgs =
@@ -99,11 +100,11 @@ module ProjectLoader =
            "_GenerateCompileDependencyCache"
            "CoreCompile" |]
 
-    let loadProject (path: string) (generateBinlog: bool) (ToolsPath toolsPath) =
+    let loadProject (path: string) (generateBinlog: bool) (ToolsPath toolsPath) globalProperties =
         try
             let tfm = getTfm path
 
-            let globalProperties = getGlobalProps path tfm
+            let globalProperties = getGlobalProps path tfm globalProperties
 
             match System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable "DOTNET_HOST_PATH" with
             | null
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ module ProjectLoader =
 
             use pc = new ProjectCollection(globalProperties)
 
-            let pi = pc.LoadProject(path)
+            let pi = pc.LoadProject(path, globalProperties, toolsVersion=null)
 
             use sw = new StringWriter()
 
@@ -343,10 +344,11 @@ module ProjectLoader =
     /// <param name="path">Full path to the `.fsproj` file</param>
     /// <param name="toolsPath">Path to MsBuild obtained from `ProjectLoader.init ()`</param>
     /// <param name="generateBinlog">Enable Binary Log generation</param>
+    /// <param name="globalProperties">The global properties to use (e.g. Configuration=Release). Some additional global properties are pre-set by the tool</param>
     /// <param name="customProperties">List of additional MsBuild properties that you want to obtain.</param>
     /// <returns>Returns the record instance representing the loaded project or string containing error message</returns>
-    let getProjectInfo (path: string) (toolsPath: ToolsPath) (generateBinlog: bool) (customProperties: string list) : Result<Types.ProjectOptions, string> =
-        let loadedProject = loadProject path generateBinlog toolsPath
+    let getProjectInfo (path: string) (toolsPath: ToolsPath) (globalProperties: (string*string) list) (generateBinlog: bool) (customProperties: string list) : Result<Types.ProjectOptions, string> =
+        let loadedProject = loadProject path generateBinlog toolsPath globalProperties 
 
         match loadedProject with
         | Success project -> getLoadedProjectInfo path customProperties project
@@ -369,7 +371,8 @@ type IWorkspaceLoader =
     [<CLIEvent>]
     abstract Notifications : IEvent<WorkspaceProjectState>
 
-type WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph private (toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
+type WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph private (toolsPath: ToolsPath, ?globalProperties: (string*string) list) =
+    let globalProperties = defaultArg globalProperties []
     let logger = LogProvider.getLoggerFor<WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph> ()
     let loadingNotification = new Event<Types.WorkspaceProjectState>()
 
@@ -383,9 +386,11 @@ type WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph private (toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
             loadingNotification.Trigger(WorkspaceProjectState.Failed(p, ProjectNotFound(p)))
             None
 
-    let projectInstanceFactory projectPath globalProperties (projectCollection: ProjectCollection) =
+    let projectInstanceFactory projectPath (_globalProperties: IDictionary<string,string>) (projectCollection: ProjectCollection) =
         let tfm = ProjectLoader.getTfm projectPath
-        ProjectInstance(projectPath, ProjectLoader.getGlobalProps projectPath tfm, null, projectCollection)
+        //let globalProperties = globalProperties |> Seq.toList |> List.map (fun (KeyValue(k,v)) -> (k,v))
+        let globalProperties = ProjectLoader.getGlobalProps projectPath tfm globalProperties
+        ProjectInstance(projectPath, globalProperties, toolsVersion=null, projectCollection=projectCollection)
 
     let projectGraphProjs (paths: string seq) =
 
@@ -393,7 +398,7 @@ type WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph private (toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
         <| fun () ->
             paths |> Seq.iter (fun p -> loadingNotification.Trigger(WorkspaceProjectState.Loading p))
             let entryPoints = paths |> Seq.map ProjectGraphEntryPoint
-            ProjectGraph(entryPoints, ProjectCollection.GlobalProjectCollection, projectInstanceFactory)
+            ProjectGraph(entryPoints, projectCollection=ProjectCollection.GlobalProjectCollection, projectInstanceFactory=projectInstanceFactory)
 
     let projectGraphSln (path: string) =
         handleProjectGraphFailures
@@ -541,10 +546,11 @@ type WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph private (toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
         this.LoadSln(sln, customProperties, false)
 
 
-    static member Create(toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
-        WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph(toolsPath) :> IWorkspaceLoader
+    static member Create(toolsPath: ToolsPath, ?globalProperties) =
+        WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph(toolsPath, ?globalProperties=globalProperties) :> IWorkspaceLoader
 
-type WorkspaceLoader private (toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
+type WorkspaceLoader private (toolsPath: ToolsPath, ?globalProperties: (string * string) list) =
+    let globalProperties = defaultArg globalProperties []
     let loadingNotification = new Event<Types.WorkspaceProjectState>()
 
 
@@ -561,7 +567,7 @@ type WorkspaceLoader private (toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
                 cache |> Seq.map (fun n -> n.Value) |> Seq.toList
 
             let rec loadProject p =
-                let res = ProjectLoader.getProjectInfo p toolsPath generateBinlog customProperties
+                let res = ProjectLoader.getProjectInfo p toolsPath globalProperties generateBinlog customProperties
 
                 match res with
                 | Ok project ->
@@ -644,8 +650,8 @@ type WorkspaceLoader private (toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
 
 
 
-    static member Create(toolsPath: ToolsPath) =
-        WorkspaceLoader(toolsPath) :> IWorkspaceLoader
+    static member Create(toolsPath: ToolsPath, ?globalProperties) =
+        WorkspaceLoader(toolsPath, ?globalProperties=globalProperties) :> IWorkspaceLoader
 
 type ProjectViewerTree =
     { Name: string
diff --git a/test/Ionide.ProjInfo.Tests/Tests.fs b/test/Ionide.ProjInfo.Tests/Tests.fs
index d179fc86..e4217feb 100644
--- a/test/Ionide.ProjInfo.Tests/Tests.fs
+++ b/test/Ionide.ProjInfo.Tests/Tests.fs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ open Ionide.ProjInfo
 open Expecto.Logging.Message
 open FSharp.Compiler.SourceCodeServices
 
+#nowarn "25"
+
 let RepoDir = (__SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ / ".." / "..") |> Path.GetFullPath
 let ExamplesDir = RepoDir / "test" / "examples"
 let TestRunDir = RepoDir / "test" / "testrun_ws"
@@ -140,10 +142,10 @@ module ExpectNotification =
     let watchNotifications logger loader =
         NotificationWatcher(loader, logNotification logger)
 
-let testSample2 toolsPath workspaceLoader (workspaceFactory: ToolsPath -> IWorkspaceLoader) =
+let testSample2 toolsPath workspaceLoader isRelease (workspaceFactory: ToolsPath * (string * string) list -> IWorkspaceLoader) =
     testCase
     |> withLog
-        (sprintf "can load sample2 - %s" workspaceLoader)
+        (sprintf "can load sample2 - %s - isRelease is %b" workspaceLoader isRelease)
         (fun logger fs ->
             let testDir = inDir fs "load_sample2"
             copyDirFromAssets fs ``sample2 NetSdk library``.ProjDir testDir
@@ -153,7 +155,9 @@ let testSample2 toolsPath workspaceLoader (workspaceFactory: ToolsPath -> IWorks
 
             dotnet fs [ "restore"; projPath ] |> checkExitCodeZero
 
-            let loader = workspaceFactory toolsPath
+            let config = if isRelease then "Release" else "Debug"
+            let props = [("Configuration", config)]
+            let loader = workspaceFactory (toolsPath, props)
 
             let watcher = watchNotifications logger loader
 
@@ -168,8 +172,10 @@ let testSample2 toolsPath workspaceLoader (workspaceFactory: ToolsPath -> IWorks
             let n1Parsed = parsed |> expectFind projPath "first is a lib"
 
             let expectedSources =
-                [ projDir / "obj/Debug/netstandard2.0/n1.AssemblyInfo.fs"
-                  projDir / "Library.fs" ]
+                [ projDir / ("obj/" + config + "/netstandard2.0/n1.AssemblyInfo.fs")
+                  projDir / "Library.fs" 
+                  if isRelease then 
+                      projDir / "Other.fs" ]
                 |> List.map Path.GetFullPath
 
             Expect.equal parsed.Length 1 "console and lib"
@@ -981,8 +987,10 @@ let tests toolsPath =
     testSequenced
     <| testList
         "Main tests"
-        [ testSample2 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoader" WorkspaceLoader.Create
-          testSample2 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph" WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph.Create
+        [ testSample2 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoader" false (fun (tools,props) -> WorkspaceLoader.Create(tools, globalProperties=props))
+          testSample2 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoader" true (fun (tools,props) -> WorkspaceLoader.Create(tools, globalProperties=props))
+          testSample2 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph" false (fun (tools,props) -> WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph.Create(tools, globalProperties=props))
+          testSample2 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph" true (fun (tools,props) -> WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph.Create(tools, globalProperties=props))
           testSample3 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoader" WorkspaceLoader.Create testSample3WorkspaceLoaderExpected //- Sample 3 having issues, was also marked pending on old test suite
           //   testSample3 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph" WorkspaceLoaderViaProjectGraph.Create testSample3GraphExpected //- Sample 3 having issues, was also marked pending on old test suite
           testSample4 toolsPath "WorkspaceLoader" WorkspaceLoader.Create
diff --git a/test/examples/sample2-netsdk-lib/n1/n1.fsproj b/test/examples/sample2-netsdk-lib/n1/n1.fsproj
index df454322..0cf27b2f 100644
--- a/test/examples/sample2-netsdk-lib/n1/n1.fsproj
+++ b/test/examples/sample2-netsdk-lib/n1/n1.fsproj
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="Library.fs" />
+	  <Compile Include="Library.fs" />
+	  <Compile Include="Other.fs" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>