diff --git a/build-tools/create-packs/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.proj b/build-tools/create-packs/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.proj
index c89ddba191a..257e0c83892 100644
--- a/build-tools/create-packs/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.proj
+++ b/build-tools/create-packs/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.proj
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ core workload SDK packs imported by WorkloadManifest.targets.
       <_PackageFiles Include="$(XamarinAndroidSourcePath)src\Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks\Microsoft.Android.Sdk\Sdk\**" PackagePath="Sdk" />
       <_PackageFiles Include="$(XamarinAndroidSourcePath)src\Microsoft.Android.Sdk.ILLink\PreserveLists\**" PackagePath="PreserveLists" />
       <_PackageFiles Include="$(XamarinAndroidSourcePath)src\Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks\Microsoft.Android.Sdk\targets\**" PackagePath="targets" />
+      <_PackageFiles Include="$(XamarinAndroidSourcePath)src\Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks\dotnet.aotprofile" PackagePath="targets" />
       <_PackageFiles Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)UnixFilePermissions.xml" PackagePath="data" Condition=" '$(HostOS)' != 'Windows' " />
       <None Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)SignList.xml" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.Aot.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.Aot.targets
index e6ec675b479..918b5a26aaa 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.Aot.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.Aot.targets
@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@ They run in a context of an inner build with a single $(RuntimeIdentifier).
           TempDirectory="$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash($(_AotOutputDirectory)))%(FileName)"
           AotArguments="$(_AotArguments),temp-path=$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath(%(_MonoAOTAssemblies.TempDirectory)))"
       />
+      <AndroidAotProfile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)dotnet.aotprofile" Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableProfiledAot)' == 'true' and '$(AndroidUseDefaultAotProfile)' != 'false' " />
     </ItemGroup>
     <MakeDir Directories="$(IntermediateOutputPath)aot\;@(_MonoAOTAssemblies->'%(TempDirectory)')" />
     <MonoAOTCompiler
         Assemblies="@(_MonoAOTAssemblies)"
         CompilerBinaryPath="$(_MonoAOTCompilerPath)"
+        AotProfilePath="@(AndroidAotProfile->'%(FullPath)')"
         DisableParallelAot="$(_DisableParallelAot)"
         LibraryFormat="So"
         Mode="$(AndroidAotMode)"
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Application.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Application.targets
index 7c0dee73975..06735a9e2b7 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Application.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Application.targets
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ Copyright (C) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
       DependsOnTargets="$(_BeginAotProfilingDependsOnTargets)">
   </Target>
   <Target Name="FinishAotProfiling"
-      DependsOnTargets="_ResolveSdks">
+      DependsOnTargets="_ResolveSdks;_ResolveMonoAndroidSdks">
     <Exec Command="&quot;$(AdbToolPath)adb&quot; $(AdbTarget) forward tcp:$(AndroidAotProfilerPort) tcp:$(AndroidAotProfilerPort)" />
-    <Exec Command="&quot;$(MonoAndroidBinDirectory)aprofutil&quot; $(AProfUtilExtraOptions) -s -v -p $(AndroidAotProfilerPort) -o &quot;$(AndroidAotCustomProfilePath)&quot;" />
+    <Exec Command="&quot;$(AProfUtilToolPath)aprofutil&quot; $(AProfUtilExtraOptions) -s -v -p $(AndroidAotProfilerPort) -o &quot;$(AndroidAotCustomProfilePath)&quot;" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
index f0b2f664ec3..61d9b1ef053 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
@@ -727,6 +727,11 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 		/>
 	</CreateProperty>
 
+	<!-- We should slowly port all the <CreateProperty/> calls to <PropertyGroup/> here -->
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<AProfUtilToolPath Condition=" '$(AProfUtilToolPath)' == '' ">$(MonoAndroidBinDirectory)</AProfUtilToolPath>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+
 	<!-- Get the defined constants for this API Level -->
 	<GetAndroidDefineConstants AndroidApiLevel="$(_AndroidApiLevel)" ProductVersion="$(MonoAndroidVersion)">
 		<Output TaskParameter="AndroidDefineConstants" ItemName="AndroidDefineConstants" />
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/dotnet.aotprofile b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/dotnet.aotprofile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ebd741ae4d
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/dotnet.aotprofile differ
diff --git a/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc b/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
index cfcc43c5533..ceed687efad 100644
--- a/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
+++ b/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
@@ -1582,8 +1582,52 @@ MonodroidRuntime::set_profile_options ()
 		value.assign (prop_value);
 	}
 
-	// setenv(3) makes copies of its arguments
-	setenv ("DOTNET_DiagnosticPorts", value.get (), 1);
+	// NET6+ supports only the AOT Mono profiler, if the prefix is absent or different than 'aot:' we consider the
+	// property to contain value for the dotnet tracing profiler.
+	constexpr char AOT_PREFIX[] = "aot:";
+	if (!value.starts_with (AOT_PREFIX)) {
+		// setenv(3) makes copies of its arguments
+		setenv ("DOTNET_DiagnosticPorts", value.get (), 1);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	constexpr char OUTPUT_ARG[] = "output=";
+	constexpr size_t OUTPUT_ARG_LEN = sizeof(OUTPUT_ARG) - 1;
+	constexpr size_t start_index = sizeof(AOT_PREFIX); // one char past ':'
+
+	dynamic_local_string<SENSIBLE_PATH_MAX> output_path;
+	bool have_output_arg = false;
+	string_segment param;
+
+	while (value.next_token (start_index, ',', param)) {
+		dynamic_local_string<SENSIBLE_PATH_MAX> temp;
+		temp.assign (param.start (), param.length ());
+		if (!param.starts_with (OUTPUT_ARG)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		output_path.assign (param.start () + OUTPUT_ARG_LEN, param.length () - OUTPUT_ARG_LEN);
+		have_output_arg = true;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (!have_output_arg) {
+		constexpr char PROFILE_FILE_NAME_PREFIX[] = "profile.";
+		constexpr char AOT_EXT[] = "aotprofile";
+
+		output_path
+			.assign_c (androidSystem.get_override_dir (0))
+			.append (MONODROID_PATH_SEPARATOR)
+			.append (PROFILE_FILE_NAME_PREFIX)
+			.append (AOT_EXT);
+
+		value
+			.append (OUTPUT_ARG)
+			.append (output_path.get (), output_path.length ());
+	}
+
+	log_warn (LOG_DEFAULT, "Initializing profiler with options: %s", value.get ());
+	debug.monodroid_profiler_load (androidSystem.get_runtime_libdir (), value.get (), output_path.get ());
 }
 #else // def NET6
 inline void