diff --git a/src/native/managed/compile-native.proj b/src/native/managed/compile-native.proj
index b9815ae30e488f..db46f0a1917431 100644
--- a/src/native/managed/compile-native.proj
+++ b/src/native/managed/compile-native.proj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.Traversal" DefaultTargets="Publish">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.Traversal">
     <PropertyGroup>
         <!-- We always want to use release for publishing using NativeAOT -->
         <NativeLibsPublishConfiguration>Release</NativeLibsPublishConfiguration>
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
         <ProjectReference Include="@(NativeLibsProjectsToBuild)"
                           ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
                           AdditionalProperties="%(AdditionalProperties);$(SplitSubprojectProps)"
-			  Condition="$(SupportsNativeAotComponents)"/>
+                          Targets="LinkNative"
+                          Condition="$(SupportsNativeAotComponents)"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/native/managed/native-library.props b/src/native/managed/native-library.props
index 89a80a8005a0d0..7acadfa32d4247 100644
--- a/src/native/managed/native-library.props
+++ b/src/native/managed/native-library.props
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
          the same way as eng/native/functions.cmake strip_symbols
     -->
     <StripSymbols>false</StripSymbols>
+    <SuppressGenerateILCompilerExplicitPackageReferenceWarning>true</SuppressGenerateILCompilerExplicitPackageReferenceWarning>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- set the shared library name.  this helps the native linker correctly reference this shared
@@ -32,4 +33,9 @@
     <!-- passed by compile-native.proj to set - -gcc-toolchain=$(ROOTFS_DIR)/usr -->
     <CustomLinkerArg Condition="'$(CustomLinkerArgToolchainArg)' != ''" Include="$(CustomLinkerArgToolchainArg)" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetILCompilerVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="runtime.$(ToolsRID).Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetILCompilerVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>