diff --git a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
index b26bf1ef0f5c1..899741c106975 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/libraries/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)testing\runsettings.targets" Condition="'$(EnableRunSettingsSupport)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)testing\coverage.targets" Condition="'$(EnableRunSettingsSupport)' == 'true' or '$(EnableCoverageSupport)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)slngen.targets" Condition="'$(IsSlnGen)' == 'true'" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)liveILLink.targets" Condition="'$(IsSourceProject)' == 'true' or '$(ExplicitlyImportCustomILLinkTargets)' == 'true'" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)liveILLink.targets" Condition="'$(IsSourceProject)' == 'true' or '$(ExplicitlyImportCustomILLinkTargets)' == 'true' or '$(PublishTrimmed)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)illink.targets" Condition="'$(IsSourceProject)' == 'true' or '$(ExplicitlyImportCustomILLinkTargets)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)AvoidRestoreCycleOnSelfReference.targets" Condition="'$(AvoidRestoreCycleOnSelfReference)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(RepositoryEngineeringDir)nativeSanitizers.targets" />