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 3aa68042cdd..a119bd2bb24 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
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ public void ResolveLibraryProjectImports ([Values (true, false)] bool useAapt2)
 				File.Delete (stamp);
 
 				Assert.IsTrue (b.Build (proj), "second build should have succeeded.");
+				FileAssert.Exists (cacheFile);
 				var actual = ReadCache (cacheFile);
 				CollectionAssert.AreEqual (actual.Jars.Select (j => j.ItemSpec),
 					expected.Jars.Select (j => j.ItemSpec));
@@ -844,6 +845,7 @@ public void ResolveLibraryProjectImports ([Values (true, false)] bool useAapt2)
 				proj.OtherBuildItems.Add (aar);
 
 				Assert.IsTrue (b.Build (proj), "third build should have succeeded.");
+				FileAssert.Exists (cacheFile);
 				actual = ReadCache (cacheFile);
 				Assert.AreEqual (expected.Jars.Length + 1, actual.Jars.Length,
 					$"{nameof (expected.Jars)} should have one more item");
@@ -857,6 +859,7 @@ public void ResolveLibraryProjectImports ([Values (true, false)] bool useAapt2)
 
 				// Build with no changes, checking we are skipping targets appropriately
 				Assert.IsTrue (b.Build (proj), "fourth build should have succeeded.");
+				FileAssert.Exists (cacheFile);
 				var targets = new List<string> {
 					"_UpdateAndroidResgen",
 					"_CompileJava",
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.EmbeddedResource.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.EmbeddedResource.targets
index 8abf79f748b..0cc63a78e83 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.EmbeddedResource.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.EmbeddedResource.targets
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ This file is used by all project types, including binding projects.
         OutputImportDirectory="$(_AndroidLibrayProjectIntermediatePath)"
     />
     <Touch Files="$(_AndroidStampDirectory)_ResolveLibraryProjectImports.stamp" AlwaysCreate="true" />
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <FileWrites Include="$(_AndroidLibraryProjectImportsCache)"
+          Condition="Exists ('$(_AndroidLibraryProjectImportsCache)')"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="_ExtractLibraryProjectImports" DependsOnTargets="_ResolveLibraryProjectImports">