diff --git a/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ComputeNativeBuildFlagsStep.cs b/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ComputeNativeBuildFlagsStep.cs
index 923218285f21..54c67098cd7d 100644
--- a/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ComputeNativeBuildFlagsStep.cs
+++ b/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ComputeNativeBuildFlagsStep.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 using Xamarin.Utils;
+using Xamarin.Bundler;
 
 #nullable enable
 
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ protected override void TryEndProcess ()
 				Configuration.Application.DeadStrip = false;
 
 			var mainLinkerFlags = new List<MSBuildItem> ();
-			if (Configuration.Application.DeadStrip) {
+			// Do not pass -dead_strip to the native linker with object files generated by NativeAOT compiler as it can cause the linker to seg fault
+			if (Configuration.Application.DeadStrip && Configuration.Application.XamarinRuntime != XamarinRuntime.NativeAOT) {
 				mainLinkerFlags.Add (new MSBuildItem ("-dead_strip"));
 			}
 			Configuration.WriteOutputForMSBuild ("_AssemblyLinkerFlags", mainLinkerFlags);