diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/Interop/SNINativeMethodWrapper.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/Interop/SNINativeMethodWrapper.cs
index f942f1c9c0..c6a2977ffc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/Interop/SNINativeMethodWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/Interop/SNINativeMethodWrapper.cs
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ internal static int SniMaxComposedSpnLength
 
         static AppDomain GetDefaultAppDomainInternal()
         {
-            var host = new mscoree.CorRuntimeHost();
-            host.GetDefaultDomain(out object temp);
-            AppDomain defaultAppDomain = temp as AppDomain;
-            return defaultAppDomain;
+            return AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
         }
 
         internal static _AppDomain GetDefaultAppDomain()
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj
index eb9afe1731..a1cb241256 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
     <Compile Include="SQL\SqlBulkCopyTest\CopyWidenNullInexactNumerics.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SQL\SqlCommand\SqlCommandSetTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SQL\SqlCredentialTest\SqlCredentialTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SQL\SqlDependencyTest\SqlDependencyTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SQL\SqlSchemaInfoTest\SqlSchemaInfoTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SQL\SqlStatisticsTest\SqlStatisticsTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SQL\SqlBulkCopyTest\AdjustPrecScaleForBulkCopy.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/SQL/SqlDependencyTest/SqlDependencyTest.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/SQL/SqlDependencyTest/SqlDependencyTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfa36f84fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/SQL/SqlDependencyTest/SqlDependencyTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests
+{
+    public class SqlDependencyTest
+    {
+        [ConditionalFact(typeof(DataTestUtility), nameof(DataTestUtility.AreConnStringsSetup), nameof(DataTestUtility.IsNotAzureServer))]        
+        public void SqlDependencyStartStopTest()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                SqlDependency.Start(DataTestUtility.TCPConnectionString);
+                SqlDependency.Stop(DataTestUtility.TCPConnectionString);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Assert.True(false, e.Message);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}