diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets b/build/NuSpecs/Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets
index 925af86b05..226b922b49 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AutoInitializerCommon.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AutoInitializer.CS.targets" Condition="'$(WindowsAppSdkAutoInitialize)' == 'true'"/>
   
+  <!-- Ensure resource.pri and other necessary files are properly included in single file publishing -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(PublishSingleFile)' == 'true' and '$(WindowsAppSDKSelfContained)' == 'true'">
+    <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>true</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>
+    <IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>true</IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Condition="'$(WindowsAppSDKAggregatePackage)' == 'true' and '$(WindowsAppSdkIncludeVersionInfo)'=='true'" Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\include\WindowsAppSDK-VersionInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>