diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index b41f8c488e..c6610695c4 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
       <PackageOutputPath Condition="'$(PackageOutputPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)build-intermediate/nuget</PackageOutputPath>
       <AvaloniaPreviewerNetCoreToolPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\tools\Avalonia.Designer.HostApp\bin\$(Configuration)\netcoreapp2.0\Avalonia.Designer.HostApp.dll</AvaloniaPreviewerNetCoreToolPath>
+      <!-- https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/issues/2661 -->
+      <AddSyntheticProjectReferencesForSolutionDependencies>false</AddSyntheticProjectReferencesForSolutionDependencies>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>