diff --git a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets
index a6bd558ed325..b79ff1e5252f 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets
+++ b/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
                             DefaultCopyToPublishDirectoryMetadata;
                             _CreateSingleFileHost;
                             _CreateAppHostForPublish;
+                            AssignProjectConfiguration;
                             _SplitProjectReferencesByFileExistence;
                             _GetProjectReferenceTargetFrameworkProperties">