diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/MSBuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common/ImportAfter/Microsoft.Cpp.Android.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/MSBuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common/ImportAfter/Microsoft.Cpp.Android.targets
index 85676337a0e..6cd7e75870a 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/MSBuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common/ImportAfter/Microsoft.Cpp.Android.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/MSBuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common/ImportAfter/Microsoft.Cpp.Android.targets
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2014 Xamarin. All rights reserved.
             <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="_NativeAndroidRecipeFiles"/>
         </MSBuild>
 
-        <MergeApkRecipelists RecipeFiles="@(_NativeAndroidRecipeFiles)" Condition="'@(_NativeAndroidRecipeFiles)' != ''">
+        <MergeApkRecipelists RecipeFiles="%(_NativeAndroidRecipeFiles.Identity)" Condition="'@(_NativeAndroidRecipeFiles)' != '' And Exists('%(_NativeAndroidRecipeFiles.Identity)')">
             <Output TaskParameter="SOLibPaths" ItemName="NativeLibraryPaths" />
             <Output TaskParameter="AndroidArchitecture" PropertyName="NativeLibraryAbi" />
             <Output TaskParameter="HasMismatchedConfigurations" PropertyName="NativeHasMismatchedConfigurations" />
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Bindings.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Bindings.targets
index 5de7807940c..3bf10950e5f 100755
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Bindings.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Bindings.targets
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2012 Xamarin Inc. All rights reserved.
 		Inputs="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath);$(_AndroidBuildPropertiesCache)"
 		Outputs="$(_AndroidLibraryProjectImportsCache)">
 	<ResolveLibraryProjectImports
+		ContinueOnError="$(DesignTimeBuild)"
 		CacheFile="$(_AndroidLibraryProjectImportsCache)"
 		Assemblies="@(ReferencePath);@(ReferenceDependencyPaths)"
 		ImportsDirectory="$(_LibraryProjectImportsDirectoryName)"
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
index b72a1aaeeb3..55ace38bd8d 100755
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 		Inputs="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath);@(ReferencePath);@(ReferenceDependencyPaths);$(_AndroidBuildPropertiesCache)"
 		Outputs="$(_AndroidLibraryProjectImportsCache)">
 	<ResolveLibraryProjectImports
+		ContinueOnError="$(DesignTimeBuild)"
 		CacheFile="$(_AndroidLibraryProjectImportsCache)"
 		Assemblies="@(ReferencePath);@(ReferenceDependencyPaths)"
 		ImportsDirectory="$(_LibraryProjectImportsDirectoryName)"
@@ -1324,6 +1325,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 
   <!-- Parse primary R.java and create Resources.Designer.cs -->
 	<GenerateResourceDesigner
+		ContinueOnError="$(DesignTimeBuild)"
 		NetResgenOutputFile="$(ResgenTemporaryDirectory)\$(AndroidResgenFilename)"
 		JavaResgenInputFile="$(_GeneratedPrimaryJavaResgenFile)"
 		Namespace="$(AndroidResgenNamespace)"