diff --git a/eng/packaging.targets b/eng/packaging.targets
index e705b4e7110114..ad432c54c67abb 100644
--- a/eng/packaging.targets
+++ b/eng/packaging.targets
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <Version Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != ''">$(Version)-$(VersionSuffix)</Version>
     <_IsWindowsDesktopApp Condition="$(WindowsDesktopCoreAppLibrary.Contains('$(AssemblyName);'))">true</_IsWindowsDesktopApp>
     <_IsAspNetCoreApp Condition="$(AspNetCoreAppLibrary.Contains('$(AssemblyName);'))">true</_IsAspNetCoreApp>
-    <_AssemblyInTargetingPack Condition="('$(IsNETCoreAppSrc)' == 'true' or '$(_IsAspNetCoreApp)' == 'true' or '$(_IsWindowsDesktopApp)' == 'true') and '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETFramework'">true</_AssemblyInTargetingPack>
+    <_AssemblyInTargetingPack Condition="('$(IsNETCoreAppSrc)' == 'true' or '$(IsNetCoreAppRef)' == 'true' or '$(_IsAspNetCoreApp)' == 'true' or '$(_IsWindowsDesktopApp)' == 'true') and '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETFramework'">true</_AssemblyInTargetingPack>
     <!-- Assembly version do not get updated in non-netfx ref pack assemblies. -->
     <AssemblyVersion Condition="'$(_AssemblyInTargetingPack)' != 'true'">$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).0.$(ServicingVersion)</AssemblyVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>