diff --git a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets
index 9cb426448..10de4627e 100644
--- a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets
+++ b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets
@@ -834,7 +834,8 @@ $(XamlMetaDataProviderPch)
             <_CppwinrtCompRefs Include="@(CppWinRTPlatformWinMDReferences)"/>
         </ItemGroup>
         <PropertyGroup>
-            <_CppwinrtParameters>$(CppWinRTCommandVerbosity) $(CppWinRTParameters) -overwrite -name $(RootNamespace) $(CppWinRTCommandPrecompiledHeader) $(CppWinRTCommandUsePrefixes) -comp &quot;$(GeneratedFilesDir)sources&quot;</_CppwinrtParameters>
+            <_CppwinrtParameters>$(CppWinRTCommandVerbosity) $(CppWinRTParameters) -overwrite -name $(RootNamespace) $(CppWinRTCommandPrecompiledHeader) $(CppWinRTCommandUsePrefixes)</_CppwinrtParameters>
+            <_CppwinrtParameters Condition="'$(CppWinRTCompAsProjection)'!='true'">$(_CppwinrtParameters) -comp &quot;$(GeneratedFilesDir)sources&quot;</_CppwinrtParameters>
             <_CppwinrtParameters Condition="'$(CppWinRTOptimized)'=='true'">$(_CppwinrtParameters) -opt</_CppwinrtParameters>
             <_CppwinrtParameters>$(_CppwinrtParameters) @(_CppwinrtCompInputs->'-in &quot;%(WinMDPath)&quot;', '&#x0d;&#x0a;')</_CppwinrtParameters>
             <_CppwinrtParameters>$(_CppwinrtParameters) @(_CppwinrtCompRefs->'-ref &quot;%(WinMDPath)&quot;', '&#x0d;&#x0a;')</_CppwinrtParameters>