diff --git a/packages/Avalonia/Avalonia.csproj b/packages/Avalonia/Avalonia.csproj
index 4b28527465..4d0ed866a3 100644
--- a/packages/Avalonia/Avalonia.csproj
+++ b/packages/Avalonia/Avalonia.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
       <ProjectReference Include="../../src/Avalonia.Remote.Protocol/Avalonia.Remote.Protocol.csproj" />
       <ProjectReference Include="../../src/Avalonia.Build.Tasks/Avalonia.Build.Tasks.csproj" >
         <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      </ProjectReference>  
+        <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>true</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
+        <SetTargetFramework>TargetFramework=netstandard2.0</SetTargetFramework>
+      </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/Avalonia.MicroCom.csproj b/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/Avalonia.MicroCom.csproj
index b796e173c4..d7f39f6642 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/Avalonia.MicroCom.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/Avalonia.MicroCom.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Avalonia.Build.Tasks\Avalonia.Build.Tasks.csproj">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
       <ExcludeAssets>all</ExcludeAssets>
+      <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>true</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
+      <SetTargetFramework>TargetFramework=netstandard2.0</SetTargetFramework>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\build\BuildTargets.targets" />