diff --git a/eng/SourceBuild.props b/eng/SourceBuild.props
index 9ca390c502f757..c197d8afd52791 100644
--- a/eng/SourceBuild.props
+++ b/eng/SourceBuild.props
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <InnerBuildArgs>$(InnerBuildArgs) /p:BuildDebPackage=false</InnerBuildArgs>
       <InnerBuildArgs>$(InnerBuildArgs) /p:EnableNgenOptimization=false</InnerBuildArgs>
       <InnerBuildArgs>$(InnerBuildArgs) /p:EnablePackageValidation=false</InnerBuildArgs>
+      <InnerBuildArgs>$(InnerBuildArgs) /p:DisableSourceLink=false</InnerBuildArgs>
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/runtime-prereqs.proj b/src/coreclr/runtime-prereqs.proj
index b2abc4415a607a..f81457730a475b 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/runtime-prereqs.proj
+++ b/src/coreclr/runtime-prereqs.proj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <RuntimeVersionFile>$(ArtifactsObjDir)runtime_version.h</RuntimeVersionFile>
     <NativeSourceLinkFile>$(ArtifactsObjDir)native.sourcelink.json</NativeSourceLinkFile>
     <VerifySourceLinkFileExists>false</VerifySourceLinkFileExists>
+    <!-- Native sourcelink file is used only by Windows build - SourceBuild should ignore its existence. -->
     <VerifySourceLinkFileExists Condition="'$(ContinuousIntegrationBuild)' == 'true' and '$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'">true</VerifySourceLinkFileExists>
     <AssemblyName>.NET Runtime</AssemblyName>
   </PropertyGroup>