diff --git a/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md b/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md
index 8edf6f814d1..1d799b37f11 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 * Completion: fix qualified completion in sequence expressions [PR #18111](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/18111)
 * Symbols: try to use ValReprInfoForDisplay in Mfv.CurriedParameterGroups ([PR #18124](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/18124))
 * Shim/file system: fix leaks of the shim [PR #18144](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/18144)
+* fsi: fix auto-loading of script file inside NuGet package ([PR #18177](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/18177))
 * Fix for `Obsolete` attribute warning/error not taken into account when used with a unit of measure [PR #18182](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/18182)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.ProjectFile.fs b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.ProjectFile.fs
index c8acf99d7e7..553c97dc60f 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.ProjectFile.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.ProjectFile.fs
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ $(PACKAGEREFERENCES)
             <NormalizedPathInPackage Condition="'%(__InteractiveReferencedAssemblies.PathInPackage)'!=''">$([System.String]::Copy('%(__InteractiveReferencedAssemblies.PathInPackage)').Replace('\', '/'))</NormalizedPathInPackage>
             <PositionPathInPackage Condition="'%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedPathInPackage)'!=''">$([System.String]::Copy('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedIdentity)').IndexOf('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedPathInPackage)'))</PositionPathInPackage>
             <PackageRoot Condition="'%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedPathInPackage)'!='' and '%(InteractiveResolvedFile.PositionPathInPackage)'!='-1'">$([System.String]::Copy('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedIdentity)').Substring(0, %(InteractiveResolvedFile.PositionPathInPackage)).Replace('\', '/'))</PackageRoot>
-            <InitializeSourcePath Condition="Exists('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.PackageRoot)content\%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NugetPackageId)$(SCRIPTEXTENSION)')">%(InteractiveResolvedFile.PackageRoot)content\%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NugetPackageId)$(SCRIPTEXTENSION)</InitializeSourcePath>
             <IsNotImplementationReference>$([System.String]::Copy('%(__InteractiveReferencedAssemblies.PathInPackage)').StartsWith('ref/'))</IsNotImplementationReference>
             <NuGetPackageId>%(__InteractiveReferencedAssemblies.NuGetPackageId)</NuGetPackageId>
             <NuGetPackageVersion>%(__InteractiveReferencedAssemblies.NuGetPackageVersion)</NuGetPackageVersion>
@@ -133,11 +132,14 @@ $(PACKAGEREFERENCES)
             <NormalizedPathInPackage Condition="'%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.PathInPackage)'!=''">$([System.String]::Copy('%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.PathInPackage)').Replace('\', '/'))</NormalizedPathInPackage>
             <PositionPathInPackage Condition="'%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedPathInPackage)'!=''">$([System.String]::Copy('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedIdentity)').IndexOf('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedPathInPackage)'))</PositionPathInPackage>
             <PackageRoot Condition="'%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedPathInPackage)'!='' and '%(InteractiveResolvedFile.PositionPathInPackage)'!='-1'">$([System.String]::Copy('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NormalizedIdentity)').Substring(0, %(InteractiveResolvedFile.PositionPathInPackage)).Replace('\', '/'))</PackageRoot>
-            <InitializeSourcePath Condition="Exists('%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.PackageRoot)content\%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.NugetPackageId)$(SCRIPTEXTENSION)')">%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.PackageRoot)content\%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.NugetPackageId)$(SCRIPTEXTENSION)</InitializeSourcePath>
             <IsNotImplementationReference>$([System.String]::Copy('%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.PathInPackage)').StartsWith('ref/'))</IsNotImplementationReference>
             <NuGetPackageId>%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.NuGetPackageId)</NuGetPackageId>
             <NuGetPackageVersion>%(__InteractiveReferencedAssembliesCopyLocal.NuGetPackageVersion)</NuGetPackageVersion>
         </InteractiveResolvedFile>
+        
+        <InteractiveResolvedFile Update="*">
+            <InitializeSourcePath Condition="Exists('%(InteractiveResolvedFile.PackageRoot)content\%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NugetPackageId)$(SCRIPTEXTENSION)')">%(InteractiveResolvedFile.PackageRoot)content\%(InteractiveResolvedFile.NugetPackageId)$(SCRIPTEXTENSION)</InitializeSourcePath>
+        </InteractiveResolvedFile>
 
         <NativeIncludeRoots
             Include="@(RuntimeTargetsCopyLocalItems)"