diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles.cs b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles.cs
index 11f12fd44aef..7e9426fc6348 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles.cs
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles : TaskBase
 
         public bool WriteIncludedFrameworks { get; set; }
 
+        public bool GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile { get; set; }
+
         List<ITaskItem> _filesWritten = new List<ITaskItem>();
 
         private static readonly string[] RollForwardValues = new string[]
@@ -74,11 +76,12 @@ public ITaskItem[] FilesWritten
 
         protected override void ExecuteCore()
         {
-            bool writeDevRuntimeConfig = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(RuntimeConfigDevPath);
-
             if (!WriteAdditionalProbingPathsToMainConfig)
             {
-                if (AdditionalProbingPaths?.Any() == true && !writeDevRuntimeConfig)
+                // If we want to generate the runtimeconfig.dev.json file
+                // and we have additional probing paths to add to it
+                // BUT the runtimeconfigdevpath is empty, log a warning.
+                if (GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile && AdditionalProbingPaths?.Any() == true && string.IsNullOrEmpty(RuntimeConfigDevPath))
                 {
                     Log.LogWarning(Strings.SkippingAdditionalProbingPaths);
                 }
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ protected override void ExecuteCore()
                     projectContext.IsFrameworkDependent,
                     projectContext.LockFile.PackageFolders);
 
-                if (writeDevRuntimeConfig)
+                if (GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(RuntimeConfigDevPath))
                 {
                     WriteDevRuntimeConfig(projectContext.LockFile.PackageFolders);
                 }
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets
index cc925614e349..21e423da555d 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
                                        HostConfigurationOptions="@(RuntimeHostConfigurationOption)"
                                        AdditionalProbingPaths="@(AdditionalProbingPath)"
                                        IsSelfContained="$(SelfContained)"
-                                       WriteIncludedFrameworks="$(_WriteIncludedFrameworks)">
+                                       WriteIncludedFrameworks="$(_WriteIncludedFrameworks)"
+                                       GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile="$(GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile)">
 
     </GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
 
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildANetCoreApp.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildANetCoreApp.cs
index 15caf025efdd..6144eb5a1c58 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildANetCoreApp.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests/GivenThatWeWantToBuildANetCoreApp.cs
@@ -393,11 +393,15 @@ public void It_stops_generating_runtimeconfig_dev_json_after_net6(string targetF
             };
 
             var buildCommand = new BuildCommand(_testAssetsManager.CreateTestProject(proj, identifier: targetFramework));
+
             var runtimeconfigFile = Path.Combine(
                 buildCommand.GetOutputDirectory(targetFramework).FullName,
                 $"{proj.Name}.runtimeconfig.dev.json");
 
-            buildCommand.Execute();
+            buildCommand.Execute().StdOut
+                        .Should()
+                        .NotContain("NETSDK1048");
+
             File.Exists(runtimeconfigFile).Should().Be(shouldGenerateRuntimeConfigDevJson);
         }
 
@@ -423,10 +427,14 @@ public void It_stops_generating_runtimeconfig_dev_json_after_net6_allow_property
                 $"{proj.Name}.runtimeconfig.dev.json");
 
             // GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile overrides default behavior
-            buildCommand.Execute("/p:GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile=true");
+            buildCommand.Execute("/p:GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile=true").StdOut
+                        .Should()
+                        .NotContain("NETSDK1048"); ;
             File.Exists(runtimeconfigFile).Should().BeTrue();
 
-            buildCommand.Execute("/p:GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile=false");
+            buildCommand.Execute("/p:GenerateRuntimeConfigDevFile=false").StdOut
+                        .Should()
+                        .NotContain("NETSDK1048"); ;
             File.Exists(runtimeconfigFile).Should().BeFalse();
         }