diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 90bb9be74ef5..6dd23a8aec97 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <AspNetCoreMinorVersion>0</AspNetCoreMinorVersion>
     <AspNetCorePatchVersion>0</AspNetCorePatchVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration>3</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
+    <ValidateBaseline>true</ValidateBaseline>
     <!--
         When StabilizePackageVersion is set to 'true', this branch will produce stable outputs for 'Shipping' packages
     -->
diff --git a/eng/targets/Packaging.targets b/eng/targets/Packaging.targets
index 7bbcc6a94618..ed786cfe9401 100644
--- a/eng/targets/Packaging.targets
+++ b/eng/targets/Packaging.targets
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project>
 
   <Target Name="EnsureBaselineIsUpdated"
-          Condition=" '$(IsServicingBuild)' == 'true' AND
+          Condition=" '$(ValidateBaseline)' == 'true' AND
+              '$(IsServicingBuild)' == 'true' AND
               '$(AspNetCoreBaselineVersion)' != '$(PreviousAspNetCoreReleaseVersion)' AND
               '$(MSBuildProjectName)' != 'BaselineGenerator' AND
               '$(MSBuildProjectName)' != 'RepoTasks' "