diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
index 9f079b4323fb8c..2f7233532e5a2e 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <IlcArg Include="@(_IlcConditionallyRootedAssemblies->'--conditionalroot:%(Identity)')" />
       <IlcArg Include="@(_IlcTrimmedAssemblies->'--trim:%(Identity)')" />
       <IlcArg Include="@(_IlcNoSingleWarnAssemblies->'--nosinglewarnassembly:%(Filename)')" />
-      <IlcArg Condition="'$(TrimmerDefaultAction)' == 'copyused' or '$(TrimmerDefaultAction)' == 'copy'" Include="--defaultrooting" />
+      <IlcArg Condition="'$(TrimmerDefaultAction)' == 'copyused' or '$(TrimmerDefaultAction)' == 'copy' or '$(TrimMode)' == 'partial'" Include="--defaultrooting" />
       <IlcArg Include="--resilient" />
 
       <IlcArg Condition="$(IlcDisableReflection) == 'true'" Include="--feature:System.Reflection.IsReflectionExecutionAvailable=false" />