diff --git a/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Csproj.cs b/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Csproj.cs
index 8af4f06a2..9e1e5f225 100644
--- a/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Csproj.cs
+++ b/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Csproj.cs
@@ -1630,13 +1630,6 @@ private static void WriteCustomProperties(Dictionary<string, string> customPrope
             }
         }
 
-        internal enum CopyToOutputDirectory
-        {
-            Never,
-            Always,
-            PreserveNewest
-        }
-
         private void GenerateFiles(
             CSharpProject project,
             List<Project.Configuration> configurations,
@@ -1650,7 +1643,7 @@ List<string> skipFiles
             foreach (var file in project.ResolvedContentFullFileNames)
             {
                 string include = Util.PathGetRelative(_projectPathCapitalized, file);
-                itemGroups.Contents.Add(new ItemGroups.Content { Include = include, LinkFolder = project.GetLinkFolder(include) });
+                itemGroups.Contents.Add(new ItemGroups.Content { Include = include, CopyToOutputDirectory = project.DefaultContentCopyOperation, LinkFolder = project.GetLinkFolder(include) });
             }
 
 
diff --git a/Sharpmake/Project.cs b/Sharpmake/Project.cs
index 9d678780a..e0c5ee2e9 100644
--- a/Sharpmake/Project.cs
+++ b/Sharpmake/Project.cs
@@ -2060,6 +2060,13 @@ public enum FileType
         Assembly,
         File
     }
+    
+    public enum CopyToOutputDirectory
+    {
+        Never,
+        Always,
+        PreserveNewest
+    }
 
     public class PublishFile
     {
@@ -2258,6 +2265,7 @@ public void AddDefaultReferences(Configuration conf)
     public class CSharpProject : Project
     {
         public Strings ContentExtension = new Strings();
+        public CopyToOutputDirectory? DefaultContentCopyOperation = null;
         public Strings VsctExtension = new Strings(".vsct");
         public CSharpProjectType ProjectTypeGuids = CSharpProjectType.Default;
         public CSharpProjectSchema ProjectSchema = CSharpProjectSchema.Default;