diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/src/targets/Blazor.MonoRuntime.targets b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/src/targets/Blazor.MonoRuntime.targets
index 96a844817e..42ef903f15 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/src/targets/Blazor.MonoRuntime.targets
+++ b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/src/targets/Blazor.MonoRuntime.targets
@@ -436,9 +436,15 @@
 
     <!-- Clear the contents of /obj/<<configuration>>/<<targetframework>>/blazor/blazor/linker -->
     <Delete Files="$(BlazorIntermediateLinkerOutputPath)*.dll" />
+	
+	
+	<PropertyGroup>
+	  <_MonoLinkerDotNetPath>$(DOTNET_HOST_PATH)</_MonoLinkerDotNetPath>
+	  <_MonoLinkerDotNetPath Condition="'$(_MonoLinkerDotNetPath)' == ''">dotnet</_MonoLinkerDotNetPath>
+	</PropertyGroup>
 
     <!-- Run the linker and put the results in /obj/<<configuration>>/<<targetframework>>/blazor/blazor/linker -->
-    <Exec Command="dotnet &quot;$(MonoLinkerPath)&quot; $(_BlazorLinkerAdditionalOptions) @(_BlazorFolderLookupPaths, ' ') -o &quot;$(BlazorIntermediateLinkerOutputPath)&quot; @(_BlazorAssemblyDescriptorFiles, ' ') @(_BlazorAssembliesToLink, ' ')"  />
+    <Exec Command="$(_MonoLinkerDotNetPath) &quot;$(MonoLinkerPath)&quot; $(_BlazorLinkerAdditionalOptions) @(_BlazorFolderLookupPaths, ' ') -o &quot;$(BlazorIntermediateLinkerOutputPath)&quot; @(_BlazorAssemblyDescriptorFiles, ' ') @(_BlazorAssembliesToLink, ' ')"  />
 
     <!-- Collect the contents of /obj/<<configuration>>/<<targetframework>>/blazor/blazor/linker/ -->
     <ItemGroup>