diff --git a/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.props b/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.props
index 1f6c9f4401bf5e..b41247e3c2759d 100644
--- a/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.props
+++ b/src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.props
@@ -198,4 +198,15 @@
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="IncludeSymbolFilesInNativeAOTPackage"
+          Condition="'$(BuildNativeAOTRuntimePack)' == 'true'"
+          AfterTargets="GetFilesToPackage">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <!-- ILC needs the symbols next to the binaries -->
+      <FilesToPackage Update="@(FilesToPackage->WithMetadataValue('IsSymbolFile', 'true'))">
+        <IncludeAlways>true</IncludeAlways>
+      </FilesToPackage>
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>