diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/8/default.nix
index d7310cd81994..a660ac97f84a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/8/default.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
   releaseInfoFile = ./release-info.json;
   bootstrapSdkFile = ./bootstrap-sdk.nix;
   depsFile = ./deps.nix;
+  fallbackTargetPackages = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_8_0.targetPackages;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/9/default.nix
index 55cb65f49503..c641543ad521 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/9/default.nix
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
   bootstrapSdkFile = ./bootstrap-sdk.nix;
   allowPrerelease = true;
   depsFile = ./deps.nix;
+  fallbackTargetPackages = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_9_0.targetPackages;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix
index 2a61a5cb01ed..cf5a0bca0782 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   bootstrapSdkFile,
   allowPrerelease ? false,
   depsFile,
+  fallbackTargetPackages,
   pkgsBuildHost,
   buildDotnetSdk,
 }:
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ let
       releaseManifestFile
       tarballHash
       depsFile
+      fallbackTargetPackages
       ;
     bootstrapSdk = (buildDotnetSdk bootstrapSdkFile).sdk.unwrapped.overrideAttrs (old: {
       passthru = old.passthru or { } // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage0.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage0.nix
index 0a8a2b4a7b5c..4e1000e4a968 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage0.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   releaseManifestFile,
   tarballHash,
   depsFile,
+  fallbackTargetPackages,
   bootstrapSdk,
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage1.nix
index 729ff7866a75..6954fc6ca8c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/stage1.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   tarballHash,
   depsFile,
   bootstrapSdk,
+  fallbackTargetPackages,
 }@args:
 
 let
@@ -33,8 +34,7 @@ let
 
 in
 mkPackages {
-  inherit vmr;
-  fallbackTargetPackages = bootstrapSdk.targetPackages;
+  inherit vmr fallbackTargetPackages;
 }
 // {
   stage0 = lib.dontRecurseIntoAttrs stage0;