diff --git a/src/mono/mono.proj b/src/mono/mono.proj
index 29bb8d5c8602b3..cd57b0d580d50c 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono.proj
+++ b/src/mono/mono.proj
@@ -539,17 +539,17 @@
       <!-- if all else fails in finding a valid objcopy, fall back to no-prefix from $PATH (used for x64 on CentOS) -->
       <_Objcopy Condition="'$(_ObjcopyFound)' != '0'">objcopy</_Objcopy>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <ItemGroup>
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(KeepNativeSymbols)' != 'true'" >
       <FilesToStrip Include="$(_MonoRuntimeFilePath)" />
       <FilesToStrip Include="$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent($(_MonoRuntimeFilePath)))\libmono-component-*$(LibSuffix)" />
       <FilesToStrip Include="$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent($(_MonoRuntimeFilePath)))\Mono*framework\**\Mono*" Exclude="$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent($(_MonoRuntimeFilePath)))\Mono*framework\**\*.dwarf" />
     </ItemGroup>
-    <Message Condition="'$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ($([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('OSX')) or $([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Linux')))" Text="Stripping debug symbols from %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" Importance="High"/>
-    <Exec Condition="!$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsOSX)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsMacCatalyst)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsiOS)' == 'true' or '$(TargetstvOS)' == 'true')" Command="dsymutil --flat --minimize %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
-    <Exec Condition="!$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsOSX)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsMacCatalyst)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsiOS)' == 'true' or '$(TargetstvOS)' == 'true') and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'" Command="strip -no_code_signature_warning -S %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
-    <Exec Condition="!$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsLinux)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsAndroid)' == 'true')" Command="$(_Objcopy) --only-keep-debug %(FilesToStrip.Identity) %(FilesToStrip.Identity).dbg" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
-    <Exec Condition="!$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsLinux)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsAndroid)' == 'true')" Command="$(_Objcopy) --strip-unneeded %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
-    <Exec Condition="!$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsLinux)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsAndroid)' == 'true')" Command="$(_Objcopy) --add-gnu-debuglink=%(FilesToStrip.Identity).dbg %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
+    <Message Condition="'@(FilesToStrip)' != '' and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ($([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('OSX')) or $([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Linux')))" Text="Stripping debug symbols from %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" Importance="High"/>
+    <Exec Condition="'@(FilesToStrip)' != '' and !$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsOSX)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsMacCatalyst)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsiOS)' == 'true' or '$(TargetstvOS)' == 'true')" Command="dsymutil --flat --minimize %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
+    <Exec Condition="'@(FilesToStrip)' != '' and !$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsOSX)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsMacCatalyst)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsiOS)' == 'true' or '$(TargetstvOS)' == 'true') and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'" Command="strip -no_code_signature_warning -S %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
+    <Exec Condition="'@(FilesToStrip)' != '' and !$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsLinux)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsAndroid)' == 'true')" Command="$(_Objcopy) --only-keep-debug %(FilesToStrip.Identity) %(FilesToStrip.Identity).dbg" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
+    <Exec Condition="'@(FilesToStrip)' != '' and !$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsLinux)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsAndroid)' == 'true')" Command="$(_Objcopy) --strip-unneeded %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
+    <Exec Condition="'@(FilesToStrip)' != '' and !$([System.String]::Copy(%(FilesToStrip.Identity)).EndsWith('.a')) and '$(BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly)' != 'true' and ('$(TargetsLinux)' == 'true' or '$(TargetsAndroid)' == 'true')" Command="$(_Objcopy) --add-gnu-debuglink=%(FilesToStrip.Identity).dbg %(FilesToStrip.Identity)" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" WorkingDirectory="$(MonoObjDir)"/>
   </Target>
 
   <!-- Build AOT cross compiler (if available) -->