diff --git a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
index 25c1d55e7360c..1b96992982e43 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,13 @@ else()
         coreclrpal_dac
         corguids
         dbgutil
-        eventprovider
+    )
+    if (FEATURE_EVENT_TRACE)
+        LIST(APPEND NATIVE_LIBS
+            eventprovider
+        )
+    endif(FEATURE_EVENT_TRACE) 
+    LIST(APPEND NATIVE_LIBS
         nativeresourcestring
     )