diff --git a/runtime-fallback-graph/test.json b/runtime-fallback-graph/test.json
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+++ b/runtime-fallback-graph/test.json
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+{
+  "name": "runtime-fallback-graph",
+  "enabled": true,
+  "requiresSdk": false,
+  "version": "3.1",
+  "versionSpecific": false,
+  "type": "bash",
+  "cleanup": true,
+  "ignoredRIDs":[
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/runtime-fallback-graph/test.sh b/runtime-fallback-graph/test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Check runtime fallback graphs are present in the shared framework
+
+set -euo pipefail
+set -x
+
+dotnet_dir="$(../dotnet-directory --home "$1")"
+portable_rid="$(../runtime-id --portable)"
+non_portable_rid="$(../runtime-id)"
+
+# print for  debugging
+find "${dotnet_dir}" -iname Microsoft.NETCore.App.deps.json
+
+while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+    jq '.runtimes' "$file"
+    length=$(jq '.runtimes | length' "$file")
+    if [[ $length == 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Missing .runtimes section in $file"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    # quoting here is a bit strange, but it's basically ".runtimes[\"" "$non_portable_rid" "\"] ..." without spaces
+    length=$(jq ".runtimes[\"""$non_portable_rid""\"] | length" "$file")
+    if [[ $length == 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Missing runtimes[$non_portable_rid] section in $file"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    fallback_graph=$(jq ".runtimes[\"""$non_portable_rid""\"]" "$file")
+    echo "$fallback_graph" | grep "$portable_rid"
+    echo "$fallback_graph" | grep "linux"
+    echo "$fallback_graph" | grep "unix"
+    echo "$fallback_graph" | grep "base"
+done < <(find "${dotnet_dir}" -iname Microsoft.NETCore.App.deps.json -print0)