diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
index fd91967d398..06e54c8374e 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
       See: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/blob/955c0fc7b06e2fa34bacd076ed39f61e4fb61716/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets#L16
     -->
     <_GetChildProjectCopyToPublishDirectoryItems>false</_GetChildProjectCopyToPublishDirectoryItems>
-    <!-- Define a $(_AndroidNativeAot) property, as the logic detecting NativeAOT may change in the future -->
-    <_AndroidNativeAot Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' ">true</_AndroidNativeAot>
-    <_AndroidNativeAot Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == '' ">false</_AndroidNativeAot>
-    <UseMonoRuntime Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' and '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == '' ">false</UseMonoRuntime>
+    <UseMonoRuntime Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' and '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == '' ">false</UseMonoRuntime>
     <UseMonoRuntime Condition=" '$(UseMonoRuntime)' == '' ">true</UseMonoRuntime>
+    <_AndroidRuntime Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' == 'true' and '$(UseMonoRuntime)' != 'true' ">NativeAOT</_AndroidRuntime>
+    <_AndroidRuntime Condition=" '$(PublishAot)' != 'true' and '$(UseMonoRuntime)' != 'true' ">CoreCLR</_AndroidRuntime>
+    <_AndroidRuntime Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntime)' == '' ">MonoVM</_AndroidRuntime>
     <!-- HACK: make dotnet restore include Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.NativeAOT.linux-bionic-arm64 -->
-    <_IsPublishing Condition=" '$(_IsPublishing)' == '' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' ">true</_IsPublishing>
+    <_IsPublishing Condition=" '$(_IsPublishing)' == '' and '$(_AndroidRuntime)' == 'NativeAOT' ">true</_IsPublishing>
 
     <!-- Use $(AndroidMinimumSupportedApiLevel) for $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) if unset -->
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(SupportedOSPlatformVersion)' == '' ">$(AndroidMinimumSupportedApiLevel)</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <AndroidLinkMode Condition=" '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == '' and '$(PublishTrimmed)' == 'true' ">SdkOnly</AndroidLinkMode>
     <AndroidLinkMode Condition=" '$(AndroidLinkMode)' == '' ">None</AndroidLinkMode>
     <!-- For compat with user code not marked trimmable, only trim opt-in by default. -->
-    <TrimMode Condition=" '$(TrimMode)' == '' and ('$(AndroidLinkMode)' == 'Full' or '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true') ">full</TrimMode>
+    <TrimMode Condition=" '$(TrimMode)' == '' and ('$(AndroidLinkMode)' == 'Full' or '$(_AndroidRuntime)' == 'NativeAOT') ">full</TrimMode>
 		<TrimMode Condition="'$(TrimMode)' == ''">partial</TrimMode>
     <SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings Condition=" '$(SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings)' == '' and ('$(TrimMode)' == 'full' or '$(IsAotCompatible)' == 'true') ">false</SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings>
     <SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings Condition=" '$(SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings)' == '' ">true</SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifier  Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifiers)' != '' And '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != '' " />
     <GenerateApplicationManifest Condition=" '$(GenerateApplicationManifest)' == '' ">true</GenerateApplicationManifest>
     <!-- Default to Mono's AOT in Release mode -->
-    <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' and '$(AotAssemblies)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' ">true</RunAOTCompilation>
+    <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' and '$(AotAssemblies)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' and '$(_AndroidRuntime)' == 'MonoVM' ">true</RunAOTCompilation>
     <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' and '$(AotAssemblies)' == 'true' ">true</RunAOTCompilation>
     <RunAOTCompilation Condition=" '$(RunAOTCompilation)' == '' ">false</RunAOTCompilation>
     <_AndroidXA1029 Condition=" '$(AotAssemblies)' != '' ">true</_AndroidXA1029>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets
index 31755d131e8..149c3ae323b 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Microsoft.Android.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.Android.Sdk.targets
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
   <Import Project="Microsoft.Android.Sdk.DefaultProperties.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\Xamarin.Android.Common.Debugging.props"
       Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\Xamarin.Android.Common.Debugging.props')"/>
-  <Import Project="Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets" Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' " />
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.Android.Sdk.NativeAOT.targets" Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntime)' == 'NativeAOT' " />
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs
index b1ae8f6f750..766ec7c1465 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/GenerateJavaStubs.cs
@@ -93,13 +93,17 @@ public class GenerateJavaStubs : AndroidTask
 		[Output]
 		public ITaskItem[] GeneratedBinaryTypeMaps { get; set; }
 
-		public bool NativeAot { get; set; }
+		[Required]
+		public string AndroidRuntime { get; set; } = "";
+
+		AndroidRuntime androidRuntime;
 
 		internal const string AndroidSkipJavaStubGeneration = "AndroidSkipJavaStubGeneration";
 
 		public override bool RunTask ()
 		{
 			try {
+				androidRuntime = MonoAndroidHelper.ParseAndroidRuntime (AndroidRuntime);
 				bool useMarshalMethods = !Debug && EnableMarshalMethods;
 				Run (useMarshalMethods);
 			} catch (XamarinAndroidException e) {
@@ -296,8 +300,8 @@ Dictionary<string, ITaskItem> MaybeGetArchAssemblies (Dictionary<AndroidTargetAr
 
 		void GenerateAdditionalProviderSources (NativeCodeGenState codeGenState, IList<string> additionalProviders)
 		{
-			if (NativeAot) {
-				Log.LogDebugMessage ("Skipping MonoRuntimeProvider generation for NativeAot");
+			if (androidRuntime != Xamarin.Android.Tasks.AndroidRuntime.MonoVM) {
+				Log.LogDebugMessage ($"Skipping MonoRuntimeProvider generation for: {androidRuntime}");
 				return;
 			}
 
@@ -354,7 +358,7 @@ IList<string> MergeManifest (NativeCodeGenState codeGenState, Dictionary<string,
 				Debug = Debug,
 				MultiDex = MultiDex,
 				NeedsInternet = NeedsInternet,
-				NativeAot = NativeAot,
+				AndroidRuntime = androidRuntime,
 			};
 			// Only set manifest.VersionCode if there is no existing value in AndroidManifest.xml.
 			if (manifest.HasVersionCode) {
@@ -388,7 +392,7 @@ IList<string> MergeManifest (NativeCodeGenState codeGenState, Dictionary<string,
 			(List<TypeDefinition> allJavaTypes, List<TypeDefinition> javaTypesForJCW) = ScanForJavaTypes (resolver, tdCache, assemblies, userAssemblies, useMarshalMethods);
 			var jcwContext = new JCWGeneratorContext (arch, resolver, assemblies.Values, javaTypesForJCW, tdCache, useMarshalMethods);
 			var jcwGenerator = new JCWGenerator (Log, jcwContext) {
-				NativeAot = NativeAot,
+				CodeGenerationTarget = androidRuntime == Xamarin.Android.Tasks.AndroidRuntime.MonoVM ? JavaPeerStyle.XAJavaInterop1 : JavaPeerStyle.JavaInterop1
 			};
 			bool success;
 
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/AndroidRuntime.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/AndroidRuntime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f487869025e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/AndroidRuntime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace Xamarin.Android.Tasks;
+
+public enum AndroidRuntime
+{
+    MonoVM,
+    CoreCLR,
+    NativeAOT,
+}
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/JCWGenerator.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/JCWGenerator.cs
index f088c6be137..dcbbedc8b45 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/JCWGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/JCWGenerator.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class JCWGenerator
 	readonly TaskLoggingHelper log;
 	readonly JCWGeneratorContext context;
 
-	public bool NativeAot { get; set; }
+	public JavaPeerStyle CodeGenerationTarget { get; set; } = JavaPeerStyle.XAJavaInterop1;
 
 	public MarshalMethodsClassifier? Classifier { get; private set; }
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ bool GenerateCode (CallableWrapperType generator, TypeDefinition type, string ou
 		bool ok = true;
 		using var writer = MemoryStreamPool.Shared.CreateStreamWriter ();
 		var writer_options = new CallableWrapperWriterOptions {
-			CodeGenerationTarget    = NativeAot ? JavaPeerStyle.JavaInterop1 : JavaPeerStyle.XAJavaInterop1
+			CodeGenerationTarget    = CodeGenerationTarget
 		};
 
 		try {
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
index 41d97ae3c32..7cb28b4942e 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ internal class ManifestDocument
 		public bool ForceDebuggable { get; set; }
 		public string VersionName { get; set; }
 		public IVersionResolver VersionResolver { get; set; } = new MonoAndroidHelperVersionResolver ();
-		public bool NativeAot { get; set; }
+		public AndroidRuntime AndroidRuntime { get; set; }
 
 		string versionCode;
 
@@ -673,8 +673,8 @@ XElement CreateApplicationElement (XElement manifest, string applicationClass, L
 
 		IList<string> AddMonoRuntimeProviders (XElement app)
 		{
-			if (NativeAot) {
-				//TODO: implement NativeAOT provider logic
+			if (AndroidRuntime != AndroidRuntime.MonoVM) {
+				//TODO: implement provider logic for non-Mono runtimes
 				return [];
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/MonoAndroidHelper.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/MonoAndroidHelper.cs
index 833d2b3a534..7570dd63d26 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/MonoAndroidHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/MonoAndroidHelper.cs
@@ -809,5 +809,16 @@ public static string QuoteFileNameArgument (string fileName)
 			builder.AppendFileNameIfNotNull (fileName);
 			return builder.ToString ();
 		}
+
+		public static AndroidRuntime ParseAndroidRuntime (string androidRuntime)
+		{
+			if (string.Equals (androidRuntime, "CoreCLR", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+				return AndroidRuntime.CoreCLR;
+			if (string.Equals (androidRuntime, "NativeAOT", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+				return AndroidRuntime.NativeAOT;
+
+			// Default runtime is MonoVM
+			return AndroidRuntime.MonoVM;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
index ba56eff5b92..b5c7c6c7c78 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Xamarin. All rights reserved.
   <AndroidUseAssemblyStore Condition=" '$(AndroidUseAssemblyStore)' == '' ">true</AndroidUseAssemblyStore>
   <AndroidAotEnableLazyLoad Condition=" '$(AndroidAotEnableLazyLoad)' == '' And '$(AotAssemblies)' == 'true' And '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'true' ">True</AndroidAotEnableLazyLoad>
   <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and ('$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdkRazor)' == 'true') ">False</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
-  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' ">True</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
+  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(_AndroidRuntime)' != 'NativeAOT' ">True</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
   <!-- NOTE: temporarily disable for NativeAOT for now, to get build passing -->
-  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' == 'true' ">False</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
+  <AndroidEnableMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)' == '' and '$(_AndroidRuntime)' == 'NativeAOT' ">False</AndroidEnableMarshalMethods>
   <_AndroidUseMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' == 'True' ">False</_AndroidUseMarshalMethods>
   <_AndroidUseMarshalMethods Condition=" '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'True' ">$(AndroidEnableMarshalMethods)</_AndroidUseMarshalMethods>
 </PropertyGroup>
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 		DependsOnTargets="_CollectRuntimeJarFilenames;$(_BeforeAddStaticResources);_GetMonoPlatformJarPath">
 	<CopyResource ResourceName="machine.config" OutputPath="$(MonoAndroidIntermediateAssemblyDir)machine.config" />
   <CopyResource
-      Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' "
+      Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntime)' == 'MonoVM' "
       ResourceName="MonoRuntimeProvider.Bundled.java"
       OutputPath="$(_AndroidIntermediateJavaSourceDirectory)mono\MonoRuntimeProvider.java"
   />
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <GenerateJavaStubs
-      NativeAot="$(_AndroidNativeAot)"
+      AndroidRuntime="$(_AndroidRuntime)"
       ResolvedAssemblies="@(_ResolvedAssemblies)"
       ResolvedUserAssemblies="@(_ResolvedUserMonoAndroidAssemblies)"
       ErrorOnCustomJavaObject="$(AndroidErrorOnCustomJavaObject)"
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 </Target>
 
 <Target Name="_GeneratePackageManagerJava"
-  Condition=" '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' "
+  Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntime)' != 'NativeAOT' "
   DependsOnTargets="$(_GeneratePackageManagerJavaDependsOn)"
   Inputs="@(_GeneratePackageManagerJavaInputs)"
   Outputs="$(_AndroidStampDirectory)_GeneratePackageManagerJava.stamp">
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 
   <!-- Shrink Mono.Android.dll by removing attribute only needed for GenerateJavaStubs -->
   <RemoveRegisterAttribute
-    Condition="'$(AndroidLinkMode)' != 'None' and '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'true' and '$(AndroidStripILAfterAOT)' != 'true' and '$(_AndroidNativeAot)' != 'true' "
+    Condition="'$(AndroidLinkMode)' != 'None' and '$(AndroidIncludeDebugSymbols)' != 'true' and '$(AndroidStripILAfterAOT)' != 'true' and '$(_AndroidRuntime)' != 'NativeAOT' "
     ShrunkFrameworkAssemblies="@(_ShrunkAssemblies)" />
 
   <MakeDir Directories="$(MonoAndroidIntermediateAssemblyDir)shrunk" />