diff --git a/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/Test_SourceGeneratorsDiagnostics.cs b/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/Test_SourceGeneratorsDiagnostics.cs
index 1df3ac3ab44..36bdb455eb7 100644
--- a/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/Test_SourceGeneratorsDiagnostics.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/Test_SourceGeneratorsDiagnostics.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.Toolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
 using Microsoft.Toolkit.Mvvm.SourceGenerators;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ public partial class SampleViewModel
         private void VerifyGeneratedDiagnostics<TGenerator>(string source, params string[] diagnosticsIds)
             where TGenerator : class, ISourceGenerator, new()
         {
+            Type observableObjectType = typeof(ObservableObject);
             Type validationAttributeType = typeof(ValidationAttribute);
 
             SyntaxTree syntaxTree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(source);
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ from assembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
 
             Assert.IsTrue(resultingIds.SetEquals(diagnosticsIds));
 
+            GC.KeepAlive(observableObjectType);
             GC.KeepAlive(validationAttributeType);
         }
     }
diff --git a/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/UnitTests.SourceGenerators.csproj b/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/UnitTests.SourceGenerators.csproj
index 6fe4ab2d352..81fd8f291e2 100644
--- a/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/UnitTests.SourceGenerators.csproj
+++ b/UnitTests/UnitTests.SourceGenerators/UnitTests.SourceGenerators.csproj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Microsoft.Toolkit.Mvvm.SourceGenerators\Microsoft.Toolkit.Mvvm.SourceGenerators.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Microsoft.Toolkit.Mvvm\Microsoft.Toolkit.Mvvm.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/build.cake b/build/build.cake
index 585ad201e90..f4f8558189a 100644
--- a/build/build.cake
+++ b/build/build.cake
@@ -270,6 +270,18 @@ Task("Test")
         ArgumentCustomization = arg => arg.Append($"-s {baseDir}/.runsettings /p:Platform=AnyCPU"),
     };
     DotNetCoreTest(file.FullPath, testSettings);
+}).DoesForEach(GetFiles(baseDir + "/**/UnitTests.SourceGenerators.csproj"), (file) =>
+{
+    Information("\nRunning NetCore Source Generator Unit Tests");
+    var testSettings = new DotNetCoreTestSettings
+    {
+        Configuration = configuration,
+        NoBuild = true,
+        Loggers = new[] { "trx;LogFilePrefix=VsTestResults" },
+        Verbosity = DotNetCoreVerbosity.Normal,
+        ArgumentCustomization = arg => arg.Append($"-s {baseDir}/.runsettings /p:Platform=AnyCPU"),
+    };
+    DotNetCoreTest(file.FullPath, testSettings);
 }).DeferOnError();
 
 Task("UITest")