diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Object.CoreRT.cs b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Object.CoreRT.cs
index 0bf0615f0a6c..2ce28d48ce5f 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Object.CoreRT.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Object.CoreRT.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ internal EETypePtr EETypePtr
             }
         }
 
+        [Intrinsic]
         protected object MemberwiseClone()
         {
             return RuntimeImports.RhMemberwiseClone(this);