diff --git a/eng/native/ijw/IJW.cmake b/eng/native/ijw/IJW.cmake
index 9a38a18dc0759b..4222b9b15b9de2 100644
--- a/eng/native/ijw/IJW.cmake
+++ b/eng/native/ijw/IJW.cmake
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ if (CLR_CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
     set_target_properties(${targetName} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "${compileOptions}")
   endfunction()
 
+  function(add_ijw_msbuild_project_properties targetName ijwhost_target)
+    # When we're building with MSBuild, we need to set some project properties
+    # in case CMake has decided to use the SDK support.
+    # We're dogfooding things, so we need to set settings in ways that the product doesn't quite support.
+    # We don't actually need an installed/available target framework version here
+    # since we are disabling implicit framework references. We just need a valid value, and net8.0 is valid.
+    set_target_properties(${targetName} PROPERTIES
+      DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK net8.0
+      VS_GLOBAL_DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences true
+      VS_GLOBAL_GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles false
+      VS_PROJECT_IMPORT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/SetIJWProperties.props")
+  endfunction()
+
   # 4365 - signed/unsigned mismatch
   # 4679 - Could not import member. This is an issue with IJW and static abstract methods in interfaces.
   add_compile_options(/wd4365 /wd4679)
diff --git a/eng/native/ijw/SetIJWProperties.props b/eng/native/ijw/SetIJWProperties.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d18ba7ff054fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/native/ijw/SetIJWProperties.props
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- The C++/CLI targets don't let us set this in the project file where CMake lets us set project properties, so we set it in an imported project file where it will work. -->
+    <UseIJWHost>false</UseIJWHost>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/test/ijw/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/test/ijw/CMakeLists.txt
index e9f43e23712693..9e90cfdcf069a3 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/test/ijw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/test/ijw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ add_library(ijw SHARED ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(ijw PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBRARIES_ADDITIONAL})
 
 remove_ijw_incompatible_target_options(ijw)
+add_ijw_msbuild_project_properties(ijw ijwhost)
 
 install_with_stripped_symbols(ijw TARGETS corehost_test)
diff --git a/src/tests/Interop/IJW/CopyConstructorMarshaler/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/Interop/IJW/CopyConstructorMarshaler/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f9c1d9b727e80..d082f7c8b134bd 100644
--- a/src/tests/Interop/IJW/CopyConstructorMarshaler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/Interop/IJW/CopyConstructorMarshaler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(SOURCES IjwCopyConstructorMarshaler.cpp)
 # add the shared library
 add_library (IjwCopyConstructorMarshaler SHARED ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(IjwCopyConstructorMarshaler PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBRARIES_ADDITIONAL})
+add_ijw_msbuild_project_properties(IjwCopyConstructorMarshaler ijwhost)
 
 # add the install targets
 install (TARGETS IjwCopyConstructorMarshaler DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/src/tests/Interop/IJW/IjwNativeDll/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/Interop/IJW/IjwNativeDll/CMakeLists.txt
index c588e57b44db5f..a8eee97b76437d 100644
--- a/src/tests/Interop/IJW/IjwNativeDll/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/Interop/IJW/IjwNativeDll/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(SOURCES IjwNativeDll.cpp)
 # add the shared library
 add_library (IjwNativeDll SHARED ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(IjwNativeDll PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBRARIES_ADDITIONAL})
+add_ijw_msbuild_project_properties(IjwNativeDll ijwhost)
 
 # add the install targets
 install (TARGETS IjwNativeDll DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/src/tests/Interop/IJW/NativeVarargs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/Interop/IJW/NativeVarargs/CMakeLists.txt
index 17929bffd9402e..a3c7c973a6597d 100644
--- a/src/tests/Interop/IJW/NativeVarargs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/Interop/IJW/NativeVarargs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(SOURCES IjwNativeVarargs.cpp)
 # add the shared library
 add_library (IjwNativeVarargs SHARED ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(IjwNativeVarargs PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBRARIES_ADDITIONAL})
+add_ijw_msbuild_project_properties(IjwNativeVarargs ijwhost)
 
 # add the install targets
 install (TARGETS IjwNativeVarargs DESTINATION bin)