diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.targets b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.targets
index 1fe3c7cddb8c2e..6c43547f2e03a7 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.targets
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.targets
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(WasmGenerateAppBundle)' == 'true'">
-    <RunCommand>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(WasmAppHostDir), 'WasmAppHost'))</RunCommand>
-    <RunArguments Condition="'$(RunArguments)' == ''">--runtime-config $(_AppBundleDirForRunCommand)/$(AssemblyName).runtimeconfig.json $(WasmHostArguments)</RunArguments>
+    <RunCommand Condition="'$(DOTNET_HOST_PATH)' != '' and Exists($(DOTNET_HOST_PATH))">$(DOTNET_HOST_PATH)</RunCommand>
+    <RunCommand Condition="'$(RunCommand)' == ''">dotnet</RunCommand>
+    <RunArguments Condition="'$(RunArguments)' == ''">exec $([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(WasmAppHostDir), 'WasmAppHost.dll')) --runtime-config $(_AppBundleDirForRunCommand)/$(AssemblyName).runtimeconfig.json $(WasmHostArguments)</RunArguments>
     <RunWorkingDirectory Condition="'$(RunWorkingDirectory)' == ''">$(_AppBundleDirForRunCommand)</RunWorkingDirectory>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugHost/BrowserDebugHost.csproj b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugHost/BrowserDebugHost.csproj
index 66d0b287f76559..5bb950ac301d68 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugHost/BrowserDebugHost.csproj
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugHost/BrowserDebugHost.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFramework>$(AspNetCoreAppCurrent)</TargetFramework>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CA2007</NoWarn>
+    <UseAppHost>false</UseAppHost>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/host/WasmAppHost.csproj b/src/mono/wasm/host/WasmAppHost.csproj
index ece55d3763c43a..eb563352f198fd 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/host/WasmAppHost.csproj
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/host/WasmAppHost.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CA2007</NoWarn>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <UseAppHost>false</UseAppHost>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>