diff --git a/eng/DotNetBuild.props b/eng/DotNetBuild.props
index 49f7bdaf9cf346..fb0e235841f27a 100644
--- a/eng/DotNetBuild.props
+++ b/eng/DotNetBuild.props
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <ShortStack Condition="'$(TargetOS)' == 'maccatalyst'">true</ShortStack>
     <ShortStack Condition="'$(TargetOS)' == 'android'">true</ShortStack>
     <ShortStack Condition="'$(TargetOS)' == 'linux-bionic'">true</ShortStack>
+    <ShortStack Condition="'$(DotNetBuildMonoCrossAOT)' == 'true'">true</ShortStack>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="GetRuntimeSourceBuildCommandConfiguration"
diff --git a/src/mono/mono.proj b/src/mono/mono.proj
index 56eb36acbc73e1..a9bdbb62e0afa3 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono.proj
+++ b/src/mono/mono.proj
@@ -1094,16 +1094,16 @@ JS_ENGINES = [NODE_JS]
         <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)$(MonoStaticLibFileName)</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Include="$(_MonoAotCrossFilePath)" Condition="Exists($(_MonoAotCrossFilePath))">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\$(MonoAotCrossName)$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)$(MonoAotCrossName)$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Include="$(_MonoAotCrossFilePath).dbg" Condition="Exists('$(_MonoAotCrossFilePath).dbg')">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\$(MonoAotCrossName).dbg</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)$(MonoAotCrossName).dbg</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Include="$(_MonoAotCrossFilePath).dwarf" Condition="Exists('$(_MonoAotCrossFilePath).dwarf')">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\$(MonoAotCrossName).dwarf</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)$(MonoAotCrossName).dwarf</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Include="$(MonoObjCrossDir)out\bin\PDB\$(MonoAotCrossName).pdb" Condition="Exists('$(MonoObjCrossDir)out\bin\PDB\$(MonoAotCrossName).pdb')">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\$(MonoAotCrossName).pdb</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)$(MonoAotCrossName).pdb</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <!-- copy the mono runtime component shared or static libraries -->
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Include="@(_MonoRuntimeComponentsStaticFilePath)">
@@ -1119,10 +1119,10 @@ JS_ENGINES = [NODE_JS]
         <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)libc++abi.so.1</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Condition="'$(HostOS)' == 'Linux' and ((('$(MonoAOTBundleLLVMOptimizer)' == 'true' or '$(MonoAOTEnableLLVM)' == 'true') and '$(MonoUseLibCxx)' == 'true') or '$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'wasm')" Include="$(MonoLLVMDir)\$(_MonoLLVMHostArchitecture)\lib\libc++.so.1">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\libc++.so.1</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)libc++.so.1</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Condition="'$(HostOS)' == 'Linux' and ((('$(MonoAOTBundleLLVMOptimizer)' == 'true' or '$(MonoAOTEnableLLVM)' == 'true') and '$(MonoUseLibCxx)' == 'true') or '$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'wasm')" Include="$(MonoLLVMDir)\$(_MonoLLVMHostArchitecture)\lib\libc++abi.so.1">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\libc++abi.so.1</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)libc++abi.so.1</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Condition="'$(MonoBundleLLVMOptimizer)' == 'true'" Include="$(MonoLLVMDir)\$(_MonoLLVMHostArchitecture)\bin\llc$(ExeSuffix)">
         <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)\llc$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
@@ -1131,10 +1131,10 @@ JS_ENGINES = [NODE_JS]
         <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)\opt$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Condition="'$(MonoAOTBundleLLVMOptimizer)' == 'true'" Include="$(MonoLLVMDir)\$(_MonoLLVMHostArchitecture)\bin\llc$(ExeSuffix)">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\llc$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)llc$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Condition="'$(MonoAOTBundleLLVMOptimizer)' == 'true'" Include="$(MonoLLVMDir)\$(_MonoLLVMHostArchitecture)\bin\opt$(ExeSuffix)">
-        <Destination>$(RuntimeBinDir)cross\$(OutputRID)\opt$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
+        <Destination>$(MonoAotCrossDir)opt$(ExeSuffix)</Destination>
       </_MonoRuntimeArtifacts>
       <_MonoIncludeArtifacts Include="$(MonoObjDir)out\include\**" />
       <_MonoRuntimeArtifacts Condition="'$(MonoComponentsStatic)' != 'true' and Exists('$(MonoObjDir)out\lib\Mono.release.framework')" Include="@(_MonoRuntimeComponentsSharedFilePath)">
diff --git a/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj b/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj
index c747e87f763eab..d5969fb48fd861 100644
--- a/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj
+++ b/src/mono/monoaotcross.proj
@@ -43,20 +43,23 @@
       <MonoAotTargetArchitecture>$(MonoAotTargetRid.Substring($([MSBuild]::Add(1, $(MonoAotTargetRid.LastIndexOf('-'))))))</MonoAotTargetArchitecture>
       <MonoAotHostOS>$(TargetOS)</MonoAotHostOS>
       <MonoAotHostOS Condition="'$(TargetsLinuxMusl)' == 'true'">linux-musl</MonoAotHostOS>
+      <MonoAotHostArchitecture>$(TargetArchitecture)</MonoAotHostArchitecture>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <MSBuild Targets="Build"
              Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)llvm\llvm-init.proj"
-             Properties="TargetArchitecture=$(MonoAotTargetArchitecture);TargetOS=$(MonoAotTargetOS);AotHostArchitecture=$(TargetArchitecture)" />
+             Properties="TargetArchitecture=$(MonoAotTargetArchitecture);TargetOS=$(MonoAotTargetOS);AotHostOS=$(MonoAotHostOS);AotHostArchitecture=$(MonoAotHostArchitecture)" />
 
     <MSBuild Targets="BuildMono"
              Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)mono.proj"
-             Properties="AotHostOS=$(MonoAotHostOS);AotHostArchitecture=$(TargetArchitecture);BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly=true;TargetArchitecture=$(MonoAotTargetArchitecture);TargetOS=$(MonoAotTargetOS)" />
+             Properties="AotHostOS=$(MonoAotHostOS);AotHostArchitecture=$(MonoAotHostArchitecture);BuildMonoAOTCrossCompilerOnly=true;TargetArchitecture=$(MonoAotTargetArchitecture);TargetOS=$(MonoAotTargetOS)" />
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <_MonoAOTCrossFiles Include="$(ArtifactsBinDir)mono\$(MonoAotTargetOS).$(MonoAotTargetArchitecture).$(Configuration)\cross\$(MonoAotTargetRid.ToLower())\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <Error Condition="'@(_MonoAOTCrossFiles)' == '' and '$(MonoGenerateOffsetsOSGroups)' == ''" Text="No AOT cross files found for $(MonoAotTargetRid)" />
+
     <Message Text="Copying @(_MonoAOTCrossFiles) to $(RealRuntimeBinDir)cross\$(TargetOS)-$(TargetArchitecture.ToLower())\$(MonoAotTargetRid.ToLower())" Importance="High" />
 
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(_MonoAOTCrossFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(RealRuntimeBinDir)cross\$(TargetOS)-$(TargetArchitecture.ToLower())\$(MonoAotTargetRid.ToLower())">