diff --git a/src/Controls/src/Templates/maui-mobile/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Controls/src/Templates/maui-mobile/Directory.Build.targets
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+<Project>
+  <!-- NOTE: we can eventually remove these settings when MAUI is a .NET workload -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_KeepLaunchProfiles>true</_KeepLaunchProfiles>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectCapability Include="MauiSingleProject" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>