diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
index e753166d45f3bb..b49ac5c992e664 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
     <IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
     <IncludeMultiTargetRoslynComponentTargets>false</IncludeMultiTargetRoslynComponentTargets>
     <TargetsForTfmSpecificContentInPackage>$(TargetsForTfmSpecificContentInPackage);AddBuildOutputToToolsPackage</TargetsForTfmSpecificContentInPackage>
-    <!-- TODO: Add package readme -->
-    <EnableDefaultPackageReadmeFile>false</EnableDefaultPackageReadmeFile>
     <!-- Don't use the TFM but a short form of it without the version to simulate the package layout. -->
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <OutputPath Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'">$(OutputPath)net\</OutputPath>
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/PACKAGE.md b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/PACKAGE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7e907ef98ec060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/PACKAGE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## About
+
+MSBuild tasks for running the IL Linker to trim .NET applications.
+
+## How to Use
+
+Do not directly reference this package. It is used internally by the .NET SDK when projects enable trimming.
+
+## Additional Documentation
+
+- [Trim self-contained deployments and executables](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/trimming/trim-self-contained)
+- [Introduction to trim warnings](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/trimming/fixing-warnings)
+- [Prepare .NET libraries for trimming](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/trimming/prepare-libraries-for-trimming)
+
+## Feedback & Contributing
+
+Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks is released as open source under the [MIT license](https://licenses.nuget.org/MIT). Bug reports and contributions are welcome at [the GitHub repository](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime).
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Mono.Linker.csproj b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Mono.Linker.csproj
index 35293cd7078a82..515e16d474d9b2 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Mono.Linker.csproj
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Mono.Linker.csproj
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     <TargetsForTfmSpecificContentInPackage>$(TargetsForTfmSpecificContentInPackage);_AddReferenceAssemblyToPackage</TargetsForTfmSpecificContentInPackage>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);ILLINK</DefineConstants>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <EnableDefaultPackageReadmeFile>true</EnableDefaultPackageReadmeFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="_ComputePackRuntimeConfigFilePath">
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/PACKAGE.md b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/PACKAGE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..08f9ecaebc03c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/PACKAGE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## About
+
+IL Linker tool for trimming .NET applications.
+
+## How to Use
+
+Do not directly reference this package. It is used internally by the .NET SDK when projects enable trimming.
+
+## Additional Documentation
+
+- [Trim self-contained deployments and executables](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/trimming/trim-self-contained)
+- [Introduction to trim warnings](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/trimming/fixing-warnings)
+- [Prepare .NET libraries for trimming](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/deploying/trimming/prepare-libraries-for-trimming)
+
+## Feedback & Contributing
+
+Microsoft.NET.ILLink is released as open source under the [MIT license](https://licenses.nuget.org/MIT). Bug reports and contributions are welcome at [the GitHub repository](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime).