diff --git a/tools/dotnet-linker/Makefile b/tools/dotnet-linker/Makefile
index 033e0b101db4..eaabacd81b23 100644
--- a/tools/dotnet-linker/Makefile
+++ b/tools/dotnet-linker/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DOTNET_DIRECTORIES += \
 
 # dotnet-linker.csproj.inc contains the dotnet_linker_dependencies variable used to determine if mtouch needs to be rebuilt or not.
 dotnet-linker.csproj.inc: export BUILD_VERBOSITY=$(DOTNET_BUILD_VERBOSITY)
+dotnet-linker.csproj.inc: export DOTNET:=$(DOTNET)
 dotnet-linker.csproj.inc: dotnet-linker.csproj
 -include dotnet-linker.csproj.inc