diff --git a/src/native/corehost/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/CMakeLists.txt
index 180994d6ae86ab..93ba4acf9e8947 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
     # consumption (libnethost, libhostfxr), so LTCG must be disabled to ensure
     # that non-MSVC toolchains can work with them.
     set_target_properties(minipal_objects PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION OFF)
+    if (MSVC)
+        # Embed debug info in the object files (/Z7). CMake does not assign a
+        # compile PDB to OBJECT libraries, so the objects archived into the shipped
+        # libnethost/libhostfxr would otherwise reference an absent vc140.pdb,
+        # producing LNK4099 for consumers.
+        set_target_properties(minipal_objects PROPERTIES MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT Embedded)
+    endif()
 
     add_subdirectory(hostcommon)
     add_subdirectory(hostmisc)
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt
index be2411b560a600..bfde65d28fc61d 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostmisc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
     target_link_libraries(hostmisc_public PUBLIC minipal_objects)
 endif()
 set_target_properties(hostmisc_public PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION OFF)
+if (MSVC)
+    # Embed debug info in the object files (/Z7). CMake does not assign a compile
+    # PDB to OBJECT libraries, so the objects archived into the shipped libhostfxr
+    # would otherwise reference an absent vc140.pdb, producing LNK4099 for consumers.
+    set_target_properties(hostmisc_public PROPERTIES MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT Embedded)
+endif()
 
 add_library(hostmisc::public ALIAS hostmisc_public)
 
@@ -90,3 +96,9 @@ if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
     target_link_libraries(hostmisc_c PUBLIC minipal_objects)
 endif()
 set_target_properties(hostmisc_c PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION OFF)
+if (MSVC)
+    # Embed debug info in the object files (/Z7). CMake does not assign a compile
+    # PDB to OBJECT libraries, so the objects archived into the shipped libnethost
+    # would otherwise reference an absent vc140.pdb, producing LNK4099 for consumers.
+    set_target_properties(hostmisc_c PROPERTIES MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT Embedded)
+endif()