diff --git a/UseLocalFramework.ps1 b/UseLocalFramework.ps1
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+# Run this script to use a local copy of osu-framework rather than fetching it from nuget.
+# It expects the osu-framework directory to be at the same level as the osu directory
+#
+# https://github.com/ppy/osu-framework/wiki/Testing-local-framework-checkout-with-other-projects
+
+$CSPROJ="osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj"
+$SLN="osu.sln"
+
+dotnet remove $CSPROJ package ppy.osu.Framework;
+dotnet sln $SLN add ../osu-framework/osu.Framework/osu.Framework.csproj ../osu-framework/osu.Framework.NativeLibs/osu.Framework.NativeLibs.csproj;
+dotnet add $CSPROJ reference ../osu-framework/osu.Framework/osu.Framework.csproj
diff --git a/UseLocalFramework.sh b/UseLocalFramework.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Run this script to use a local copy of osu-framework rather than fetching it from nuget.
+# It expects the osu-framework directory to be at the same level as the osu directory
+#
+# https://github.com/ppy/osu-framework/wiki/Testing-local-framework-checkout-with-other-projects
+
+CSPROJ="osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj"
+SLN="osu.sln"
+
+dotnet remove $CSPROJ package ppy.osu.Framework
+dotnet sln $SLN add ../osu-framework/osu.Framework/osu.Framework.csproj ../osu-framework/osu.Framework.NativeLibs/osu.Framework.NativeLibs.csproj
+dotnet add $CSPROJ reference ../osu-framework/osu.Framework/osu.Framework.csproj
+
+SLNF="osu.Desktop.slnf"
+tmp=$(mktemp)
+jq '.solution.projects += ["../osu-framework/osu.Framework/osu.Framework.csproj", "../osu-framework/osu.Framework.NativeLibs/osu.Framework.NativeLibs.csproj"]' osu.Desktop.slnf > $tmp
+mv -f $tmp $SLNF