diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/IncrementalBuildTest.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/IncrementalBuildTest.cs
index 8e3600f20dd..7d6da539677 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/IncrementalBuildTest.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/IncrementalBuildTest.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public void BasicApplicationRepetitiveBuild ([Values] AndroidRuntime runtime)
 				Assert.IsTrue (
 					b.Output.IsTargetSkipped ("_Sign"),
 					"the _Sign target should not run");
+				b.Output.AssertTargetIsSkipped ("_GenerateCompressedAssembliesNativeSourceFiles");
 				var item = proj.AndroidResources.First (x => x.Include () == "Resources\\values\\Strings.xml");
 				item.TextContent = () => proj.StringsXml.Replace ("${PROJECT_NAME}", "Foo");
 				item.Timestamp = null;
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
index 1f37f9198bc..c5bc61d16c2 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 		<_PropertyCacheItems Include="_NuGetAssetsFileHash=%(_NuGetAssetsFileHash.FileHash)" />
 		<_PropertyCacheItems Include="AndroidManifestPlaceholders=$(AndroidManifestPlaceholders)" />
 		<_PropertyCacheItems Include="ProjectFullPath=$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)" />
+		<_PropertyCacheItems Include="AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression=$(AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression)" />
 		<_PropertyCacheItems Include="AndroidUseDesignerAssembly=$(AndroidUseDesignerAssembly)" />
 		<_PropertyCacheItems Include="_AndroidTypeMapImplementation=$(_AndroidTypeMapImplementation)" />
 	</ItemGroup>
@@ -1997,7 +1998,9 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
 </Target>
 
 <Target Name="_GenerateCompressedAssembliesNativeSourceFiles"
-        Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntime)' != 'NativeAOT' ">
+        Condition=" '$(_AndroidRuntime)' != 'NativeAOT' "
+        Inputs="@(_ResolvedUserAssemblies);@(_ResolvedFrameworkAssemblies);$(_AndroidBuildPropertiesCache)"
+        Outputs="@(_CompressedAssembliesAssemblySource)">
   <GenerateCompressedAssembliesNativeSourceFiles
       ResolvedAssemblies="@(_ResolvedUserAssemblies);@(_ResolvedFrameworkAssemblies)"
       EnvironmentOutputDirectory="$(IntermediateOutputPath)android"
@@ -2006,6 +2009,7 @@ because xbuild doesn't support framework reference assemblies.
       EnableCompression="$(AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression)"
       ProjectFullPath="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"
   />
+  <Touch Files="@(_CompressedAssembliesAssemblySource)" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <FileWrites Include="@(_CompressedAssembliesAssemblySource)" />
   </ItemGroup>