diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/in/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.BundledVersions.in.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/in/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.BundledVersions.in.targets
index 2d4ebccd929..13b1aec9b67 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/in/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.BundledVersions.in.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/in/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.BundledVersions.in.targets
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ WARNING:  DO NOT MODIFY this file unless you are knowledgeable about MSBuild and
     <_AndroidTargetingPackId Condition=" '$(_AndroidTargetingPackId)' != '$(_AndroidLatestStableApiLevel)' and '$(_AndroidTargetingPackId)' != '$(_AndroidLatestUnstableApiLevel)' ">$(_AndroidLatestStableApiLevel)</_AndroidTargetingPackId>
     <_AndroidRuntimePackId Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntimePackId)' == '' ">$(_AndroidTargetingPackId)</_AndroidRuntimePackId>
     <_AndroidRuntimePackId Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntimePackId)' != '$(_AndroidLatestStableApiLevel)' and '$(_AndroidRuntimePackId)' != '$(_AndroidLatestUnstableApiLevel)' ">$(_AndroidLatestStableApiLevel)</_AndroidRuntimePackId>
-    <_AndroidRuntimePackRuntime Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' ">NativeAOT</_AndroidRuntimePackRuntime>
     <_AndroidRuntimePackRuntime Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntimePackRuntime)' == '' ">Mono</_AndroidRuntimePackRuntime>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
index d10521b1b97..d4e0572ee41 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
       See: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/blob/955c0fc7b06e2fa34bacd076ed39f61e4fb61716/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets#L16
     -->
     <_GetChildProjectCopyToPublishDirectoryItems>false</_GetChildProjectCopyToPublishDirectoryItems>
-    <UseMonoRuntime Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' and '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == '' ">false</UseMonoRuntime>
+    <!-- Define a $(_AndroidNativeAot) property, as the logic detecting NativeAOT may change in the future -->
+    <_AndroidNativeAot Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' ">true</_AndroidNativeAot>
+    <_AndroidNativeAot Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == '' ">false</_AndroidNativeAot>
+    <UseMonoRuntime Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' and '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == '' ">false</UseMonoRuntime>
     <UseMonoRuntime Condition=" '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == '' ">true</UseMonoRuntime>
     <!-- HACK: make dotnet restore include Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.NativeAOT.linux-bionic-arm64 -->
-    <_IsPublishing Condition=" '$(_IsPublishing)' == '' and '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' ">true</_IsPublishing>
+    <_IsPublishing Condition=" '$(_IsPublishing)' == '' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' ">true</_IsPublishing>
 
     <!-- Use $(AndroidMinimumSupportedApiLevel) for $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) if unset -->
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(SupportedOSPlatformVersion)' == '' ">$(AndroidMinimumSupportedApiLevel)</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifier  Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifiers)' != '' And '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != '' " />
     <GenerateApplicationManifest Condition=" '$(GenerateApplicationManifest)' == '' ">true</GenerateApplicationManifest>
     <!-- Default to Mono's AOT in Release mode -->
-    <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' and '$(AotAssemblies)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' and '$(PublishAot)' != 'true' ">true</RunAOTCompilation>
+    <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' and '$(AotAssemblies)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' ">true</RunAOTCompilation>
     <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' and '$(AotAssemblies)' == 'true' ">true</RunAOTCompilation>
     <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' ">false</RunAOTCompilation>
     <_AndroidXA1029 Condition=" '$(AotAssemblies)' != '' ">true</_AndroidXA1029>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets
index 78cb1632cea..8f0d03ac750 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ This file contains the NativeAOT-specific MSBuild logic for .NET for Android.
 -->
 <Project>
 
+  <!-- Default property values for NativeAOT -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_AndroidRuntimePackRuntime>NativeAOT</_AndroidRuntimePackRuntime>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!-- Make IlcCompile depend on the trimmer -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IlcCompileDependsOn>
@@ -60,12 +65,17 @@ This file contains the NativeAOT-specific MSBuild logic for .NET for Android.
       <SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings>$(_OriginalSuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings)</SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
+      <!-- Android needs a proper soname property or it will refuse to load the library -->
+      <LinkerArg Include="-Wl,-soname,lib$(TargetName)$(NativeBinaryExt)" />
       <!-- Give ILLink's output to ILC -->
       <IlcCompileInput Remove="@(IlcCompileInput)" />
       <IlcCompileInput Include="$(IntermediateLinkDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)" />
+      <_AndroidILLinkAssemblies Include="@(ManagedAssemblyToLink->'$(IntermediateLinkDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" Condition="Exists('$(IntermediateLinkDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
       <IlcReference Remove="@(IlcReference)" />
       <IlcReference Include="@(PrivateSdkAssemblies)" />
-      <IlcReference Include="@(ManagedAssemblyToLink->'$(IntermediateLinkDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" Condition="Exists('$(IntermediateLinkDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" Exclude="@(IlcCompileInput)" />
+      <IlcReference Include="@(_AndroidILLinkAssemblies)" />
+      <!-- Passes linked assemblies to outer MSBuild tasks/targets -->
+      <ResolvedFileToPublish Include="@(IlcCompileInput);@(_AndroidILLinkAssemblies)" RuntimeIdentifier="$(_OriginalRuntimeIdentifier)" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
@@ -76,4 +86,11 @@ This file contains the NativeAOT-specific MSBuild logic for .NET for Android.
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="_AndroidFixNativeLibraryFileName" AfterTargets="ComputeFilesToPublish">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <!-- Fix paths to contain lib-prefix -->
+      <ResolvedFileToPublish Update="@(ResolvedFileToPublish)" ArchiveFileName="lib%(FileName)%(Extension)" Condition=" '%(Filename)%(Extension)' == '$(TargetName)$(NativeBinaryExt)' " />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets
index 16610e6db82..31755d131e8 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
   <Import Project="Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\Xamarin.Android.Common.Debugging.props"
       Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\Xamarin.Android.Common.Debugging.props')"/>
-  <Import Project="Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets" Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' " />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets" Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' " />
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs
index 7c13c195b16..18b5543e252 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public class GenerateJavaStubs : AndroidTask
 		[Output]
 		public ITaskItem[] GeneratedBinaryTypeMaps { get; set; }
 
+		public bool NativeAot { get; set; }
+
 		internal const string AndroidSkipJavaStubGeneration = "AndroidSkipJavaStubGeneration";
 
 		public override bool RunTask ()
@@ -294,6 +296,11 @@ Dictionary<string, ITaskItem> MaybeGetArchAssemblies (Dictionary<AndroidTargetAr
 
 		void GenerateAdditionalProviderSources (NativeCodeGenState codeGenState, IList<string> additionalProviders)
 		{
+			if (NativeAot) {
+				Log.LogDebugMessage ("Skipping MonoRuntimeProvider generation for NativeAot");
+				return;
+			}
+
 			// Create additional runtime provider java sources.
 			string providerTemplateFile = "MonoRuntimeProvider.Bundled.java";
 			string providerTemplate = GetResource (providerTemplateFile);
@@ -347,6 +354,7 @@ IList<string> MergeManifest (NativeCodeGenState codeGenState, Dictionary<string,
 				Debug = Debug,
 				MultiDex = MultiDex,
 				NeedsInternet = NeedsInternet,
+				NativeAot = NativeAot,
 			};
 			// Only set manifest.VersionCode if there is no existing value in AndroidManifest.xml.
 			if (manifest.HasVersionCode) {
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/BuildTest2.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/BuildTest2.cs
index 638b983affc..a244bfb060b 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/BuildTest2.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/BuildTest2.cs
@@ -115,18 +115,49 @@ public void NativeAOT ()
 			}
 
 			var proj = new XamarinAndroidApplicationProject {
+				ProjectName = "Hello",
 				IsRelease = true,
+				RuntimeIdentifier = "android-arm64",
 				// Add locally downloaded NativeAOT packs
 				ExtraNuGetConfigSources = {
 					Path.Combine (XABuildPaths.BuildOutputDirectory, "nuget-unsigned"),
 				}
 			};
-			proj.SetRuntimeIdentifier ("arm64-v8a");
 			proj.SetProperty ("PublishAot", "true");
 			proj.SetProperty ("PublishAotUsingRuntimePack", "true");
+			proj.SetProperty ("AndroidNdkDirectory", AndroidNdkPath);
 
 			using var b = CreateApkBuilder ();
 			Assert.IsTrue (b.Build (proj), "Build should have succeeded.");
+
+			string [] mono_classes = [
+				"Lmono/MonoRuntimeProvider;",
+			];
+			string[] mono_files = [
+				"lib/arm64-v8a/libmonosgen-2.0.so",
+			];
+			string [] nativeaot_files = [
+				$"lib/arm64-v8a/lib{proj.ProjectName}.so",
+			];
+
+			var intermediate = Path.Combine (Root, b.ProjectDirectory, proj.IntermediateOutputPath, proj.RuntimeIdentifier);
+			var output = Path.Combine (Root, b.ProjectDirectory, proj.OutputPath, proj.RuntimeIdentifier);
+
+			var dexFile = Path.Combine (intermediate, "android", "bin", "classes.dex");
+			FileAssert.Exists (dexFile);
+			foreach (var className in mono_classes) {
+				Assert.IsFalse (DexUtils.ContainsClassWithMethod (className, "<init>", "()V", dexFile, AndroidSdkPath), $"`{dexFile}` should *not* include `{className}`!");
+			}
+
+			var apkFile = Path.Combine (output, $"{proj.PackageName}-Signed.apk");
+			FileAssert.Exists (apkFile);
+			using var zip = ZipHelper.OpenZip (apkFile);
+			foreach (var mono_file in mono_files) {
+				Assert.IsFalse (zip.ContainsEntry (mono_file, caseSensitive: true), $"APK must *not* contain `{mono_file}`.");
+			}
+			foreach (var nativeaot_file in nativeaot_files) {
+				Assert.IsTrue (zip.ContainsEntry (nativeaot_file, caseSensitive: true), $"APK must contain `{nativeaot_file}`.");
+			}
 		}
 
 		[Test]
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Android/XamarinAndroidApplicationProject.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Android/XamarinAndroidApplicationProject.cs
index 68416ad4831..7cf28b8ace0 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Android/XamarinAndroidApplicationProject.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Android/XamarinAndroidApplicationProject.cs
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ public bool UseJackAndJill {
 			set { SetProperty (KnownProperties.UseJackAndJill, value.ToString ()); }
 		}
 
+		public string RuntimeIdentifier {
+			get { return GetProperty (KnownProperties.RuntimeIdentifier); }
+			set { SetProperty (KnownProperties.RuntimeIdentifier, value); }
+		}
+
 		public AndroidLinkMode AndroidLinkModeDebug {
 			get {
 				AndroidLinkMode m;
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
index 50e1e71e3f9..41d97ae3c32 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ internal class ManifestDocument
 		public bool ForceDebuggable { get; set; }
 		public string VersionName { get; set; }
 		public IVersionResolver VersionResolver { get; set; } = new MonoAndroidHelperVersionResolver ();
+		public bool NativeAot { get; set; }
 
 		string versionCode;
 
@@ -672,6 +673,11 @@ XElement CreateApplicationElement (XElement manifest, string applicationClass, L
 
 		IList<string> AddMonoRuntimeProviders (XElement app)
 		{
+			if (NativeAot) {
+				//TODO: implement NativeAOT provider logic
+				return [];
+			}
+
 			app.Add (CreateMonoRuntimeProvider ("mono.MonoRuntimeProvider", null, --AppInitOrder));
 
 			var providerNames = new List<string> ();
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
index a42b16360d4..e57e77ea773 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Xamarin. All rights reserved.
   <AndroidUseAssemblyStore Condition=" '$(AndroidUseAssemblyStore)' == '' ">true</AndroidUseAssemblyStore>
   <AndroidAotEnableLazyLoad Condition=" '$(AndroidAotEnableLazyLoad)' == '' And '$(AotAssemblies)' == 'true' And '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'true' ">True</AndroidAotEnableLazyLoad>
   <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and ('$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdkRazor)' == 'true') ">False</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
-  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(PublishAot)' != 'true' ">True</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
+  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' ">True</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
   <!-- NOTE: temporarily disable for NativeAOT for now, to get build passing -->
-  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' ">False</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
+  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' ">False</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
   <_AndroidUseMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' == 'True' ">False</_AndroidUseMarshalMethods>
   <_AndroidUseMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'True' ">$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)</_AndroidUseMarshalMethods>
 </PropertyGroup>
@@ -1374,6 +1374,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 		DependsOnTargets="_CollectRuntimeJarFilenames;$(_BeforeAddStaticResources);_GetMonoPlatformJarPath">
 	<CopyResource ResourceName="machine.config" OutputPath="$(MonoAndroidIntermediateAssemblyDir)machine.config" />
   <CopyResource
+      Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' "
       ResourceName="MonoRuntimeProvider.Bundled.java"
       OutputPath="$(_AndroidIntermediateJavaSourceDirectory)mono\MonoRuntimeProvider.java"
   />
@@ -1492,6 +1493,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <GenerateJavaStubs
+      NativeAot="$(_AndroidNativeAot)"
       ResolvedAssemblies="@(_ResolvedAssemblies)"
       ResolvedUserAssemblies="@(_ResolvedUserMonoAndroidAssemblies)"
       ErrorOnCustomJavaObject="$(AndroidErrorOnCustomJavaObject)"
@@ -1721,6 +1723,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 </Target>
 
 <Target Name="_GeneratePackageManagerJava"
+  Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' "
   DependsOnTargets="$(_GeneratePackageManagerJavaDependsOn)"
   Inputs="@(_GeneratePackageManagerJavaInputs)"
   Outputs="$(_AndroidStampDirectory)_GeneratePackageManagerJava.stamp">
@@ -1939,7 +1942,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 
   <!-- Shrink Mono.Android.dll by removing attribute only needed for GenerateJavaStubs -->
   <RemoveRegisterAttribute
-    Condition="'$(AndroidLinkMode)' != 'None' and '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'true' and '$(AndroidStripILAfterAOT)' != 'true' and '$(PublishAot)' != 'true' "
+    Condition="'$(AndroidLinkMode)' != 'None' and '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'true' and '$(AndroidStripILAfterAOT)' != 'true' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' "
     ShrunkFrameworkAssemblies="@(_ShrunkAssemblies)" />
 
   <MakeDir Directories="$(MonoAndroidIntermediateAssemblyDir)shrunk" />