diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj b/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj
index 2d4fc45171..5968a11b05 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RunAotCompilation)' == 'true'">
+    <IlcTrimMetadata>true</IlcTrimMetadata>
+    <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet7/nuget/v3/index.json</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
+    <NativeAotCompilerVersion>7.0.0-*</NativeAotCompilerVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Avalonia.Headless.Vnc\Avalonia.Headless.Vnc.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Avalonia.Dialogs\Avalonia.Dialogs.csproj" />
@@ -15,6 +21,14 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Angle.Windows.Natives" Version="2.1.0.2020091801" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(RunAotCompilation)' == 'true'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="$(NativeAotCompilerVersion)" />
+    <!-- Cross-compilation for Windows x64-arm64 and Linux x64-arm64 -->
+    <PackageReference Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='win-arm64'" Include="runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="$(NativeAotCompilerVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='linux-arm64'" Include="runtime.linux-x64.Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="$(NativeAotCompilerVersion)" />
+    <RdXmlFile Include="rd.xml" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- For Microsoft.CodeAnalysis -->
     <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/rd.xml b/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/rd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27db7f34ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/rd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Directives>
+  <Application>
+    <Assembly Name="ControlCatalog" Dynamic="Required All"></Assembly>
+    <Assembly Name="Avalonia.Themes.Default" Dynamic="Required All"></Assembly>
+    <Assembly Name="Avalonia.Themes.Fluent" Dynamic="Required All"></Assembly>
+  </Application>
+</Directives>
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