diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
index 6332aeb7bc356c..155ed36c8bb0ee 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
@@ -78,4 +78,34 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <Target Name="GenerateBuildMetadata" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild"
+          Inputs="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
+          Outputs="$(IntermediateOutputPath)Generated_BuildMetadata.cs">
+
+      <PropertyGroup>
+        <BuildMetadataContents>
+<![CDATA[
+// <autogenerated />
+
+internal static class BuildMetadata
+{
+    public const string ILLinkImplFramework = "$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)";
+}
+]]>
+        </BuildMetadataContents>
+      </PropertyGroup>
+
+      <WriteLinesToFile
+        File="$(IntermediateOutputPath)Generated_BuildMetadata.cs"
+        Lines="$([MSBuild]::Escape($(BuildMetadataContents)))"
+        Overwrite="true" />
+
+      <ItemGroup>
+        <Compile Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)Generated_BuildMetadata.cs" />
+
+        <!-- Append to FileWrites so the file will be removed on clean -->
+        <FileWrites Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)Generated_BuildMetadata.cs" />
+      </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs
index ce24b35de9e485..b54b2c7510df1d 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs
@@ -268,8 +268,15 @@ public string ILLinkPath {
 #pragma warning disable IL3000 // Avoid accessing Assembly file path when publishing as a single file
 				var taskDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName (Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly ().Location);
 #pragma warning restore IL3000 // Avoid accessing Assembly file path when publishing as a single file
+
 				// IL Linker always runs on .NET Core, even when using desktop MSBuild to host ILLink.Tasks.
-				_illinkPath = Path.Combine (Path.GetDirectoryName (taskDirectory), "net9.0", "illink.dll");
+				// ILLinkImplFramework ()= NetCoreAppToolCurrent) was used to build the corresponding illink.dll
+				string path = Path.Combine (Path.GetDirectoryName (taskDirectory), BuildMetadata.ILLinkImplFramework, "illink.dll");
+
+				Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, $"ILLink.Tasks path: {path}");
+
+				_illinkPath = path;
+
 				return _illinkPath;
 			}
 			set => _illinkPath = value;