diff --git a/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/AutoImport.in.props b/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/AutoImport.in.props
index 8c2fda95a5ba..a03491409cde 100644
--- a/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/AutoImport.in.props
+++ b/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/AutoImport.in.props
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     </MauiXaml>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(UseMaui)' == 'true' and ('$(ImplicitUsings)' == 'true' or '$(ImplicitUsings)' == 'enable') and '$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_MauiSkipSdkAutoImport)' != 'true' and '$(UseMaui)' == 'true' and ('$(ImplicitUsings)' == 'true' or '$(ImplicitUsings)' == 'enable') and '$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
     <!-- %(Sdk) is only here if something later needs to identify these -->
     <Using Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Sdk="Maui" />
     <Using Include="Microsoft.Maui" Sdk="Maui" />
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Default .NET MAUI files-->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(UseMaui)' == 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems)' == 'true' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_MauiSkipSdkAutoImport)' != 'true' and '$(UseMaui)' == 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems)' == 'true' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
     <MauiXaml Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultXamlItems)' == 'true' "  Include="**\*.xaml" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
     <MauiCss  Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultCssItems)' == 'true' "   Include="**\*.css"  Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);$(DefaultWebContentItemExcludes)" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   -->
 
   <!-- Android -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'android' and '$(MonoAndroidResourcePrefix)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_MauiSkipSdkAutoImport)' != 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'android' and '$(MonoAndroidResourcePrefix)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
     <AndroidResource Include="$(MonoAndroidResourcePrefix)/*/*.xml" />
     <AndroidResource Include="$(MonoAndroidResourcePrefix)/*/*.axml" />
     <AndroidResource Include="$(MonoAndroidResourcePrefix)/*/*.png" />
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- iOS -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'ios' and '$(iOSProjectFolder)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_MauiSkipSdkAutoImport)' != 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'ios' and '$(iOSProjectFolder)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
     <None
         Include="$(iOSProjectFolder)Info.plist"
         Condition="Exists('$(iOSProjectFolder)Info.plist')"
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- MacCatalyst -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'maccatalyst' and '$(MacCatalystProjectFolder)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_MauiSkipSdkAutoImport)' != 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'maccatalyst' and '$(MacCatalystProjectFolder)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
     <None
         Include="$(MacCatalystProjectFolder)Info.plist"
         Condition="Exists('$(MacCatalystProjectFolder)Info.plist')"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Windows -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'windows' and '$(WindowsProjectFolder)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(_MauiSkipSdkAutoImport)' != 'true' and '$(EnableDefaultMauiItems)' == 'true' and '$(SingleProject)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'windows' and '$(WindowsProjectFolder)' != '' and $([MSBuild]::VersionEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '@MAUI_DOTNET_VERSION@')) ">
     <Manifest
         Include="$(ApplicationManifest)"
         Condition="Exists('$(ApplicationManifest)')" />