diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport/src/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport.proj b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport/src/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport.proj
index fa9dc31e8edfa7..111b80c1757333 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport/src/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport.proj
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport/src/Microsoft.Internal.Runtime.WindowsDesktop.Transport.proj
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- Requires Private=true to calculate ReferenceCopyLocalPaths items. -->
-    <ProjectReference Include="@(WindowsDesktopCoreAppLibrary->'$(LibrariesProjectRoot)%(Identity)\src\%(Identity).csproj')" PrivateAssets="all" Pack="true" Private="true" IncludeReferenceAssemblyInPackage="true" />
+    <!-- Requires Private=true to calculate ReferenceCopyLocalPaths items.
+         ReferringTargetFramework is set to $(NetCoreAppCurrent)-windows so that we pack the Windows specific implementation assemblies -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="@(WindowsDesktopCoreAppLibrary->'$(LibrariesProjectRoot)%(Identity)\src\%(Identity).csproj')" ReferringTargetFramework="$(NetCoreAppCurrent)-windows" PrivateAssets="all" Pack="true" Private="true" IncludeReferenceAssemblyInPackage="true" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>