diff --git a/build-tools/create-packs/vs-workload.in.props b/build-tools/create-packs/vs-workload.in.props
index ddb735bf0c7..0402cf82645 100644
--- a/build-tools/create-packs/vs-workload.in.props
+++ b/build-tools/create-packs/vs-workload.in.props
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Android.Workload.@VSMAN_VERSION@</TargetName>
     <ManifestBuildVersion>@WORKLOAD_VERSION@</ManifestBuildVersion>
+    <EnableSideBySideManifests>true</EnableSideBySideManifests>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Shorten package names to avoid long path caching issues in Visual Studio -->