diff --git a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
index d9c92506635a69..b331d74d7ee382 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WIN32)
     # Incremental linking results in the linker inserting extra padding and routing function calls via thunks that can break the
     # invariants (e.g. size of region between Jit_PatchedCodeLast-Jit_PatchCodeStart needs to fit in a page).
     add_linker_flag("/INCREMENTAL:NO")
+
+    # Delay load libraries required for WinRT as that is not supported on all platforms
+    add_linker_flag("/DELAYLOAD:api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll")
 endif()
 
 if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WIN32)
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WIN32)
         shell32.lib
         bcrypt.lib
         RuntimeObject.lib
+        delayimp.lib
     )
 
     set(RUNTIMEINFO_LIB runtimeinfo)