diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets
index 42176bd59b1..05bdb8e7c0a 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\build-tools\scripts\XAVersionInfo.targets" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_SharedRuntimeBuildPath Condition=" '$(_SharedRuntimeBuildPath)' == '' ">$(XAInstallPrefix)xbuild-frameworks\MonoAndroid\</_SharedRuntimeBuildPath>
-    <_GeneratedProfileClass>$(IntermediateOutputPath)Profile.g.cs</_GeneratedProfileClass>
+    <_GeneratedProfileClass>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(IntermediateOutputPath)Profile.g.cs</_GeneratedProfileClass>
     <BuildDependsOn>
       _GenerateXACommonProps;
       $(BuildDependsOn);
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@
         File="$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(CleanFile)"
         Lines="$(_GeneratedProfileClass)"
         Overwrite="false"/>
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <FileWrites Include="$(_GeneratedProfileClass)" />
+    </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
   
   <Target Name="_CopyExtractedMultiDexJar"