diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/AvaloniaXamlIlRuntimeCompiler.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/AvaloniaXamlIlRuntimeCompiler.cs
index b66e006ad6..75bf42a04c 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/AvaloniaXamlIlRuntimeCompiler.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/AvaloniaXamlIlRuntimeCompiler.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl
         [MemberNotNull(nameof(_ignoresAccessChecksFromAttribute))]
         static void InitializeSre()
         {
+            // SRE backend doesn't load assemblies, unless they are already in the memory.
+            // At the very least, we should make sure that assemblies necessary for `AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes` are loaded.
+            // Root `Avalonia.Controls`.
+            GC.KeepAlive(typeof(Avalonia.Controls.Control));
+            // Root `Avalonia.Markup`.
+            GC.KeepAlive(typeof(Avalonia.Data.Binding));
+            // Root `System.ObjectModel`
+            GC.KeepAlive(typeof(System.ComponentModel.TypeConverterAttribute));
+
             if (_sreTypeSystem == null)
                 _sreTypeSystem = new SreTypeSystem();
             if (_sreBuilder == null)
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests/XamlTestBase.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests/XamlTestBase.cs
index 16b3565074..d7d8d9d289 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests/XamlTestBase.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests/XamlTestBase.cs
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ using Avalonia.UnitTests;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests
 {
-    static class XamlLoaderInit
-    {
-        [ModuleInitializer]
-        public static void Init()
-        {
-            var _ = typeof(Binding);
-        }
-    }
-    
     public class XamlTestBase : ScopedTestBase
     {
         public XamlTestBase()