diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
index 6885d8df71f3..09fd8342368a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ writeShellScriptBin "patch-nupkgs" (
       pushd "$x"
       sed -i 's: -no_code_signature_warning::g' build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
       sed -i 's:Include="-ld_classic"::g' build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
+      sed -i 's:-L/usr/lib/swift:-L$(SDKROOT)/usr/lib/swift:g' build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
       touch .nix-patched-ilcompiler
       popd
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix
index 2c95d7d6ee6b..d1385b4c3cac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/vmr.nix
@@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           -s \$prev -t elem -n SkipInstallerBuild -v true \
           src/runtime/Directory.Build.props
 
+        # Make sure .NET uses the Swift overlay for the SDK active in the build environment.
+        substituteInPlace \
+          src/runtime/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets \
+          --replace-fail '-L/usr/lib/swift' '-L$(SDKROOT)/usr/lib/swift'
+
+        substituteInPlace \
+          src/runtime/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple/extra_libs.cmake \
+          --replace-fail '-L/usr/lib/swift' '-L''${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/swift'
+
         # stop passing -sdk without a path
         # stop using xcrun
         # add -module-cache-path to fix swift errors, see sandboxProfile