diff --git a/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop-MonoAndroid.csproj b/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop-MonoAndroid.csproj
index 71c7795d3..4ba37e451 100644
--- a/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop-MonoAndroid.csproj
+++ b/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop-MonoAndroid.csproj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\product.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion>
+    <ProduceReferenceAssembly>true</ProduceReferenceAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
diff --git a/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop.csproj b/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop.csproj
index 4da6b7c2d..c0a6f34b3 100644
--- a/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop.csproj
+++ b/src/Java.Interop/Java.Interop.csproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <JNIEnvGenPath>$(BuildToolOutputFullPath)</JNIEnvGenPath>
     <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <ProduceReferenceAssembly>true</ProduceReferenceAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>