diff --git a/tools/common/Application.cs b/tools/common/Application.cs
index 412207a7543d..8f8ee79a2311 100644
--- a/tools/common/Application.cs
+++ b/tools/common/Application.cs
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ public void GetAotArguments (string filename, Abi abi, string outputDir, string
 			aotArguments.Add ($"data-outfile={dataFile}");
 			aotArguments.Add ("static");
 			aotArguments.Add ("asmonly");
-			if (app.LibMonoLinkMode == AssemblyBuildTarget.StaticObject)
+			if (app.LibMonoLinkMode == AssemblyBuildTarget.StaticObject || !Driver.IsDotNet)
 				aotArguments.Add ("direct-icalls");
 			aotArguments.AddRange (app.AotArguments);
 			if (llvm_only)