diff --git a/src/Components/WebAssembly/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer.csproj b/src/Components/WebAssembly/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer.csproj
index 6ee44e50573f..4aebfefc5dbe 100644
--- a/src/Components/WebAssembly/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/WebAssembly/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer.csproj
@@ -11,10 +11,22 @@
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <!-- Set this to false because assemblies should not reference this assembly directly, (except for tests, of course). -->
     <IsProjectReferenceProvider>false</IsProjectReferenceProvider>
+
+    <!--
+      This project compiles against Microsoft.AspNetCore.App from the SDK.
+      This ensures that it's packaging output is correct and does not include local artifacts.
+    -->
+    <UseAspNetCoreSharedRuntime>true</UseAspNetCoreSharedRuntime>
+    <DoNotApplyWorkaroundsToMicrosoftAspNetCoreApp>true</DoNotApplyWorkaroundsToMicrosoftAspNetCoreApp>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" />
+    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
+    <ProjectReference
+      Include="$(RepoRoot)src\Framework\App.Runtime\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.csproj"
+      PrivateAssets="All"
+      ReferenceOutputAssembly="false"
+      SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties="true" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server" />
     <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)CommandLineUtils\**\*.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>