diff --git a/eng/common/templates/steps/source-build.yml b/eng/common/templates/steps/source-build.yml
index a97a185a367a9..1100521834a94 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/steps/source-build.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/steps/source-build.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ steps:
       runtimeOsArgs='/p:RuntimeOS=${{ parameters.platform.runtimeOS }}'
     fi
 
+    baseOsArgs=
+    if [ '${{ parameters.platform.baseOS }}' != '' ]; then
+      baseOsArgs='/p:BaseOS=${{ parameters.platform.baseOS }}'
+    fi
+
     publishArgs=
     if [ '${{ parameters.platform.skipPublishValidation }}' != 'true' ]; then
       publishArgs='--publish'
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ steps:
       $internalRestoreArgs \
       $targetRidArgs \
       $runtimeOsArgs \
+      $baseOsArgs \
       /p:SourceBuildNonPortable=${{ parameters.platform.nonPortable }} \
       /p:ArcadeBuildFromSource=true \
       /p:AssetManifestFileName=$assetManifestFileName
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml
index 12f72b0d9e265..cf93d34062b7d 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/global-build-job.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ jobs:
       - template: /eng/common/templates/steps/source-build.yml
         parameters:
           platform:
+            baseOS: ${{ parameters.baseOS }}
             buildScript: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)$(dir)build$(scriptExt)
             nonPortable: ${{ parameters.isNonPortableSourceBuild }}
             targetRID: ${{ parameters.targetRid }}
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/platform-matrix.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/platform-matrix.yml
index 4f0d6bfd5aeb3..604f1d5932ad8 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/platform-matrix.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/platform-matrix.yml
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ jobs:
       container: SourceBuild_centos_x64 # Run the unknown-rid build on a platform with a known RID so our RID graph tooling can automatically add it to the RID graph.
       jobParameters:
         runtimeFlavor: ${{ parameters.runtimeFlavor }}
+        baseOS: linux
         buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
         helixQueueGroup: ${{ parameters.helixQueueGroup }}
         isSourceBuild: true