diff --git a/Make.config b/Make.config
index 701b297e8dd2..8ae5e595a9fa 100644
--- a/Make.config
+++ b/Make.config
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ DOTNET_PLATFORMS=
 
 ifdef INCLUDE_IOS
 DOTNET_PLATFORMS+=iOS
+DOTNET_CORECLR_PLATFORMS+=iOS
 DOTNET_MONOVM_PLATFORMS+=iOS
 DOTNET_NATIVEAOT_PLATFORMS+=iOS
 DOTNET_IOS_RUNTIME_IDENTIFIERS_NO_ARCH=ios
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ endif # INCLUDE_IOS
 
 ifdef INCLUDE_TVOS
 DOTNET_PLATFORMS+=tvOS
+DOTNET_CORECLR_PLATFORMS+=tvOS
 DOTNET_MONOVM_PLATFORMS+=tvOS
 DOTNET_NATIVEAOT_PLATFORMS+=tvOS
 DOTNET_TVOS_RUNTIME_IDENTIFIERS_NO_ARCH=tvos
@@ -483,6 +485,7 @@ endif
 
 ifdef INCLUDE_MACCATALYST
 DOTNET_PLATFORMS+=MacCatalyst
+DOTNET_CORECLR_PLATFORMS+=MacCatalyst
 DOTNET_MONOVM_PLATFORMS+=MacCatalyst
 DOTNET_NATIVEAOT_PLATFORMS+=MacCatalyst
 DOTNET_MACCATALYST_RUNTIME_IDENTIFIERS_NO_ARCH=maccatalyst
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props b/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props
index 93dd8c43fcb0..c71200a33257 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props
@@ -43,5 +43,8 @@
 			RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers="@RUNTIME_PACK_RUNTIME_IDENTIFIERS@"
 			Profile="@PLATFORM@"
 		/>
+
+		<!-- Need this until https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/pull/51428 is completed -->
+		<KnownFrameworkReference Update="Microsoft.NETCore.App" RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers="%(RuntimePackRuntimeIdentifiers);ios-arm64;iossimulator-x64;iossimulator-arm64;tvos-arm64;tvossimulator-x64;tvossimulator-arm64;maccatalyst-arm64;maccatalyst-x64" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index c545cadcee69..b997fbac4bf3 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -1199,9 +1199,11 @@
 			<_IsDedupEnabled Condition="'$(_IsDedupEnabled)' == '' And '$(_RunAotCompiler)' == 'true' And '$(IsMacEnabled)' == 'true' And '$(TargetArchitectures)' == 'ARM64' And '$(MtouchInterpreter)' != 'all'">true</_IsDedupEnabled>
 			<_DedupAssembly Condition="'$(_IsDedupEnabled)' == 'true'">$(IntermediateOutputPath)aot-instances.dll</_DedupAssembly>
 
+			<!-- This property isn't accurate with CoreCLR, it should probably be renamed to something like '_LibRuntimeLinkMode' at some point -->
+			<_LibMonoLinkMode Condition="'$(_LibMonoLinkMode)' == '' And '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == 'false'">dylib</_LibMonoLinkMode>
 			<!-- default to 'static' for Mac Catalyst to work around https://github.com/dotnet/macios/issues/14686 -->
 			<_LibMonoLinkMode Condition="'$(_LibMonoLinkMode)' == '' And '$(_PlatformName)' == 'MacCatalyst'">static</_LibMonoLinkMode>
-			<_LibMonoLinkMode Condition="'$(_LibMonoLinkMode)' == '' And ('$(ComputedPlatform)' != 'iPhone' Or '$(_PlatformName)' == 'macOS')">dylib</_LibMonoLinkMode>
+			<_LibMonoLinkMode Condition="'$(_LibMonoLinkMode)' == '' And '$(ComputedPlatform)' != 'iPhone'">dylib</_LibMonoLinkMode>
 			<_LibMonoLinkMode Condition="'$(_LibMonoLinkMode)' == ''">static</_LibMonoLinkMode>
 			<_LibMonoExtension Condition="'$(_LibMonoLinkMode)' == 'dylib'">dylib</_LibMonoExtension>
 			<_LibMonoExtension Condition="'$(_LibMonoLinkMode)' == 'static'">a</_LibMonoExtension>
@@ -1245,6 +1247,13 @@
 							"
 			/>
 		</ItemGroup>
+
+		<!-- CoreCLR: these are variables currently needed to make CoreCLR work -->
+		<ItemGroup Condition="'$(UseMonoRuntime)' == 'false' And '$(_PlatformName)' != 'macOS'">
+			<!-- Only the interpreter works so far, so make sure only the interpreter executes and that everything is executed with the interpreter -->
+			<_BundlerEnvironmentVariables Include="DOTNET_Interpreter" Value="%2A%21%2A" /> <!-- This is the string "*!*" url encoded -->
+			<_BundlerEnvironmentVariables Include="DOTNET_ReadyToRun" Value="0" />
+		</ItemGroup>
 	</Target>
 
 	<!-- App bundle creation tasks -->
diff --git a/tests/introspection/ApiPInvokeTest.cs b/tests/introspection/ApiPInvokeTest.cs
index 5dee89e4e240..1a88902eb667 100644
--- a/tests/introspection/ApiPInvokeTest.cs
+++ b/tests/introspection/ApiPInvokeTest.cs
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ protected void Check (Assembly a)
 					case "System.Net.Security.Native":
 						path = null;
 						break;
+					case "QCall":
+						// These symbols are inside libcoreclr.dylib, but they're private, so dlsym won't see them.
+						continue;
 					}
 
 					var lib = Dlfcn.dlopen (path, 0);
diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/mono/Symbols.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/mono/Symbols.cs
index b66f5acb0800..34e300f086f6 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/mono/Symbols.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/mono/Symbols.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public void FunctionNames ()
 			bool nativeaot = symbols [1].Contains ("MonoTouchFixtures_Symbols__Collect");
 			bool llvmonly = symbols [1].Contains ("mono_llvmonly_runtime_invoke"); // LLVM inlines the Collect function, so 'Collect' doesn't show up in the stack trace :/
 			bool interp = false;
+			bool coreclr = false;
 
 			if (!aot) {
 				for (int i = 0; i < 5 && !interp; i++) {
@@ -23,10 +24,12 @@ public void FunctionNames ()
 					 * MONO_NEVER_INLINE, so they should show up in the backtrace
 					 * reliably */
 					interp |= symbols [i].Contains ("ves_pinvoke_method") || symbols [i].Contains ("do_icall");
+
+					coreclr |= symbols [i].Contains ("ExecuteInterpretedMethod");
 				}
 			}
 
-			Assert.IsTrue (aot || interp || llvmonly || nativeaot, $"#1\n\t{string.Join ("\n\t", symbols)}");
+			Assert.IsTrue (aot || interp || llvmonly || nativeaot || coreclr, $"#1\n\t{string.Join ("\n\t", symbols)}");
 		}
 
 		void Collect ()
diff --git a/tests/xharness/Jenkins/TestVariationsFactory.cs b/tests/xharness/Jenkins/TestVariationsFactory.cs
index c6bf837625ed..8e3c76fa0020 100644
--- a/tests/xharness/Jenkins/TestVariationsFactory.cs
+++ b/tests/xharness/Jenkins/TestVariationsFactory.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ IEnumerable<TestData> GetTestData (RunTestTask test)
 			var x64_runtime_identifier = string.Empty;
 			var arm64_sim_runtime_identifier = string.Empty;
 			var x64_sim_runtime_identifier = string.Empty;
+			var supports_mono = test.Platform != TestPlatform.Mac;
+			var supports_coreclr = true;
+			var coreclr_works = Harness.CanRunArm64 || test.Platform == TestPlatform.Mac; // ignore tests on x64 until https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/121631
+			var ignore_coreclr = coreclr_works ? ignore : true;
 
 			switch (test.Platform) {
 			case TestPlatform.Mac:
@@ -69,6 +73,17 @@ IEnumerable<TestData> GetTestData (RunTestTask test)
 					}
 				}
 				break;
+			case "introspection":
+				if (supports_coreclr && supports_mono) { // we only need specific coreclr test if we *also* support mono (otherwise the default test will be coreclr)
+					yield return new TestData { Variation = "CoreCLR", TestVariation = "coreclr", Ignored = ignore_coreclr };
+				}
+				break;
+			case "monotouch-test":
+				if (supports_coreclr && supports_mono) { // we only need specific coreclr test if we *also* support mono (otherwise the default test will be coreclr)
+					yield return new TestData { Variation = "Debug (CoreCLR)", TestVariation = "debug|coreclr", Ignored = ignore_coreclr };
+					yield return new TestData { Variation = "Release (CoreCLR)", TestVariation = "release|coreclr", Ignored = ignore_coreclr };
+				}
+				break;
 			}
 
 			switch (test.ProjectPlatform) {