diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index 494bb01703bf..eb19c68585eb 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@
 		<ProduceReferenceAssembly Condition="'$(ProduceReferenceAssembly)' == '' And ('$(OutputType)' == 'Exe' Or '$(IsAppExtension)' == 'true')">false</ProduceReferenceAssembly>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<GlobalizationDataFile Condition="'$(_PlatformName)' != 'macOS' And '$(InvariantGlobalization)' != 'true' And '$(GlobalizationDataFile)' == ''">icudt.dat</GlobalizationDataFile>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<TargetPlatformSupported Condition=" '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == '$(_PlatformName)' ">true</TargetPlatformSupported>
 	</PropertyGroup>
@@ -217,6 +221,9 @@
 		<!-- Validate the linker mode -->
 		<Error Text="Invalid link mode: '$(_LinkMode)'. Valid link modes are: 'None', 'SdkOnly' and 'Full'" Condition="'$(_LinkMode)' != 'None' And '$(_LinkMode)' != 'SdkOnly' And '$(_LinkMode)' != 'Full'" />
 
+		<!-- it's invariant or it's one of the ICU data files, not both -->
+		<Error Text="Can not set values for both InvariantGlobalization '$(InvariantGlobalization)' and GlobalizationDataFile '$(GlobalizationDataFile)'" Condition="'$(GlobalizationDataFile)' != '' And '$(InvariantGlobalization)' == 'true'" />
+
 		<PropertyGroup>
 			<!-- Pass the custom options to our custom steps -->
 			<_CustomLinkerOptionsFile>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(IntermediateOutputPath)custom-linker-options.txt'))</_CustomLinkerOptionsFile>
@@ -241,6 +248,7 @@
 				DeploymentTarget=$(_MinimumOSVersion)
 				@(_BundlerEnvironmentVariables -> 'EnvironmentVariable=%(Identity)=%(Value)')
 				@(_XamarinFrameworkAssemblies -> 'FrameworkAssembly=%(Filename)')
+				GlobalizationDataFile=$(GlobalizationDataFile)
 				Interpreter=$(MtouchInterpreter)
 				IntermediateLinkDir=$(IntermediateLinkDir)
 				InvariantGlobalization=$(InvariantGlobalization)
@@ -760,7 +768,7 @@
 			<ResolvedFileToPublish
 				Update="@(ResolvedFileToPublish)"
 				RelativePath="$([MSBuild]::MakeRelative($(MSBuildProjectDirectory)$(PublishDir),$(_AssemblyPublishDir)))\%(Filename)%(Extension)"
-				Condition="'$(_PlatformName)' != 'macOS' And '$(InvariantGlobalization)' != 'true' And '%(Filename)%(Extension)' == 'icudt.dat'" />
+				Condition="'$(_PlatformName)' != 'macOS' And '$(InvariantGlobalization)' != 'true' And '%(Filename)%(Extension)' == '$(GlobalizationDataFile)'" />
 		</ItemGroup>
 	</Target>
 
diff --git a/runtime/runtime.m b/runtime/runtime.m
index c7728faebd63..bfd2fa0badd1 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime.m
+++ b/runtime/runtime.m
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 #endif
 int xamarin_log_level = 0;
 const char *xamarin_executable_name = NULL;
+#if DOTNET
+const char *xamarin_icu_dat_file_path = NULL;
+#endif
 #if MONOMAC || TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
 NSString * xamarin_custom_bundle_name = @"MonoBundle";
 #endif
@@ -2391,7 +2394,7 @@ -(void) xamarinSetFlags: (enum XamarinGCHandleFlags) flags;
 	const char *propertyValues[] = {
 		xamarin_get_bundle_path (),
 		pinvokeOverride,
-		"icudt.dat",
+		xamarin_icu_dat_file_path,
 	};
 	static_assert (sizeof (propertyKeys) == sizeof (propertyValues), "The number of keys and values must be the same.");
 
diff --git a/tools/dotnet-linker/LinkerConfiguration.cs b/tools/dotnet-linker/LinkerConfiguration.cs
index 14a6524840e7..a5fffa8a4bb7 100644
--- a/tools/dotnet-linker/LinkerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/tools/dotnet-linker/LinkerConfiguration.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class LinkerConfiguration {
 		public string CacheDirectory { get; private set; }
 		public Version DeploymentTarget { get; private set; }
 		public HashSet<string> FrameworkAssemblies { get; private set; } = new HashSet<string> ();
+		public string GlobalizationDataFile { get; private set; }
 		public string IntermediateLinkDir { get; private set; }
 		public bool InvariantGlobalization { get; private set; }
 		public string ItemsDirectory { get; private set; }
@@ -229,6 +230,9 @@ public static LinkerConfiguration GetInstance (LinkContext context, bool createI
 						throw new InvalidOperationException ($"Invalid XamarinRuntime '{value}' in {linker_file}");
 					Application.XamarinRuntime = rv;
 					break;
+				case "GlobalizationDataFile":
+					GlobalizationDataFile = value;
+					break;
 				case "InvariantGlobalization":
 					InvariantGlobalization = string.Equals ("true", value, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 					break;
diff --git a/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/GenerateMainStep.cs b/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/GenerateMainStep.cs
index d0e7536728a6..5f9630a55a00 100644
--- a/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/GenerateMainStep.cs
+++ b/tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/GenerateMainStep.cs
@@ -29,10 +29,15 @@ protected override void TryEndProcess ()
 				var contents = new StringBuilder ();
 
 				contents.AppendLine ("#include <stdlib.h>");
+				contents.AppendLine ();
+				contents.AppendLine ("extern \"C\" const char *xamarin_icu_dat_file_path;");
+				contents.AppendLine ();
 				contents.AppendLine ("static void xamarin_initialize_dotnet ()");
 				contents.AppendLine ("{");
 				if (Configuration.InvariantGlobalization) {
 					contents.AppendLine ("\tsetenv (\"DOTNET_SYSTEM_GLOBALIZATION_INVARIANT\", \"1\", 1);");
+				} else {
+					contents.AppendLine ($"\txamarin_icu_dat_file_path = \"{Configuration.GlobalizationDataFile}\";");
 				}
 				contents.AppendLine ("}");
 				contents.AppendLine ();