diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/ValidateExecutableReferences.cs b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/ValidateExecutableReferences.cs
index 686b0591f320..6bf05749558b 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/ValidateExecutableReferences.cs
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/ValidateExecutableReferences.cs
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ protected override void ExecuteCore()
 
                 bool selfContainedIsGlobalProperty = BuildEngine6.GetGlobalProperties().ContainsKey("SelfContained");
 
-                bool projectAcceptsRuntimeIdentifier = false;
-                if (projectAdditionalProperties.TryGetValue("AcceptsRuntimeIdentifier", out string acceptsRID) &&
-                    bool.TryParse(acceptsRID, out bool acceptsRIDParseResult))
+                bool projectIsRidAgnostic = true;
+                if (projectAdditionalProperties.TryGetValue("IsRidAgnostic", out string isRidAgnostic) &&
+                    bool.TryParse(isRidAgnostic, out bool isRidAgnosticParseResult))
                 {
-                    projectAcceptsRuntimeIdentifier = acceptsRIDParseResult;
+                    projectIsRidAgnostic = isRidAgnosticParseResult;
                 }
 
-                if (selfContainedIsGlobalProperty && projectAcceptsRuntimeIdentifier)
+                if (selfContainedIsGlobalProperty && !projectIsRidAgnostic)
                 {
-                    //  If AcceptsRuntimeIdentifier is true for the project, and SelfContained was set as a global property,
+                    //  If a project is NOT RID agnostic, and SelfContained was set as a global property,
                     //  then the SelfContained value will flow across the project reference when we go to build it, despite the
                     //  fact that we ignored it when doing the GetTargetFrameworks negotiation.
                     referencedProjectIsSelfContained = SelfContained;
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets
index af69938c62d4..b09eebd44d49 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
     <PredefinedCulturesOnly Condition="'$(PredefinedCulturesOnly)' == '' and '$(InvariantGlobalization)' == 'true'">true</PredefinedCulturesOnly>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- Set the AcceptsRuntimeIdentifier property if this project should accept global RuntimeIdentifier and SelfContained
+  <!-- Set the IsRidAgnostic property if this project should NOT accept global RuntimeIdentifier and SelfContained
        property values from referencing projects. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(AcceptsRuntimeIdentifier)' == '' And '$(IsTestProject)' != 'true'">
-    <AcceptsRuntimeIdentifier Condition="'$(_IsExecutable)' == 'true' Or
-                                         '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != '' Or
-                                         '$(RuntimeIdentifiers)' != ''">true</AcceptsRuntimeIdentifier>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsRidAgnostic)' == ''">
+    <IsRidAgnostic Condition="('$(_IsExecutable)' == 'true' And '$(IsTestProject)' != 'true') Or
+                              '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != '' Or
+                              '$(RuntimeIdentifiers)' != ''">false</IsRidAgnostic>
+    <IsRidAgnostic Condition="'$(IsRidAgnostic)' == ''">true</IsRidAgnostic>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Opt into .NET Core resource-serialization strategy by default when targeting frameworks
@@ -1077,6 +1078,7 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
   <ItemGroup>
     <AdditionalTargetFrameworkInfoProperty Include="SelfContained"/>
     <AdditionalTargetFrameworkInfoProperty Include="_IsExecutable"/>
+    <AdditionalTargetFrameworkInfoProperty Include="IsRidAgnostic"/>
     <AdditionalTargetFrameworkInfoProperty Include="ShouldBeValidatedAsExecutableReference"/>
   </ItemGroup>