diff --git a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ea4d5d043ca3a..880510d06976b1 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ include_directories(${CLR_ARTIFACTS_OBJ_DIR}) # Generated version files
 add_subdirectory(../../hostmisc hostmisc)
 
 configure_file(${CLR_SRC_NATIVE_DIR}/corehost/configure.h.in ${GENERATED_INCLUDE_DIR}/corehost/configure.h)
-target_include_directories(hostmisc PUBLIC ${GENERATED_INCLUDE_DIR}/corehost)
+target_include_directories(hostmisc_interface INTERFACE ${GENERATED_INCLUDE_DIR}/corehost)
 
 if ((NOT DEFINED CLR_CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_RAPIDJSON) OR (NOT CLR_CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_RAPIDJSON))
     include_directories(${CLR_SRC_NATIVE_DIR}/external/)
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt
index f39b586590c62a..76669e902fa6ad 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,23 +31,34 @@ endif()
 
 # hostmisc must be an "object library" as we want to build it once
 # and embed the objects into static libraries we ship (like libnethost).
-add_library(hostmisc OBJECT ${SOURCES})
-
-target_include_directories(hostmisc PUBLIC
+add_library(hostmisc_interface INTERFACE)
+target_include_directories(hostmisc_interface INTERFACE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     ${CLR_SRC_NATIVE_DIR}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
 if (MSVC)
-    target_sources(hostmisc PRIVATE ${HEADERS})
-    target_link_libraries(hostmisc PUBLIC advapi32)
+    target_link_libraries(hostmisc_interface INTERFACE advapi32)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(hostmisc PUBLIC
+target_link_libraries(hostmisc_interface INTERFACE
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     $<$<BOOL:${PTHREAD_LIB}>:${PTHREAD_LIB}>)
 
 if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ARCH_ARM OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ARCH_ARMV6)
-    target_link_libraries(hostmisc PUBLIC
+    target_link_libraries(hostmisc_interface INTERFACE
     $<$<BOOL:${ATOMIC_SUPPORT_LIB}>:${ATOMIC_SUPPORT_LIB}>)
 endif()
+
+
+add_library(hostmisc STATIC ${SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(hostmisc PUBLIC hostmisc_interface)
+if (MSVC)
+    target_sources(hostmisc PRIVATE ${HEADERS})
+endif()
+
+add_library(hostmisc_public OBJECT ${SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(hostmisc_public PUBLIC hostmisc_interface)
+set_target_properties(hostmisc_public PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION OFF)
+
+add_library(hostmisc::public ALIAS hostmisc_public)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
index 38b103b7178bee..f9a3a5086ec77f 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (WIN32)
 endif(WIN32)
 
 target_link_libraries(nethost PRIVATE hostmisc fxr_resolver)
-target_link_libraries(libnethost PRIVATE hostmisc fxr_resolver)
+target_link_libraries(libnethost PRIVATE hostmisc::public fxr_resolver)
 target_compile_definitions(nethost PRIVATE FEATURE_LIBHOST NETHOST_EXPORT)
 target_compile_definitions(libnethost PRIVATE FEATURE_LIBHOST NETHOST_EXPORT)