diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench.csproj b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench.csproj
index cfd669367..4fd43eead 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <!-- Windows-specific configuration -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
     <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
@@ -8,29 +10,55 @@
     <EnableWindowsTargeting>true</EnableWindowsTargeting>
     <NoWarn>NU1903</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- Non-Windows configuration - create an empty library -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
+    <NoWarn>NU1903</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <!-- Windows-specific dependencies -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers" Version="17.14.15">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="9.0.9" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
+  
+  <!-- Windows-specific resources -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
     <Resource Include="Themes\Metro\HowToApplyTheme.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <!-- Project references (available on all platforms) -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.OpenApi.YamlReader\Microsoft.OpenApi.YamlReader.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.OpenApi\Microsoft.OpenApi.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" Version="4.5.0" />
+  
+  <!-- Exclude WPF-specific files on non-Windows platforms -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
+    <Compile Remove="**/*.xaml.cs" />
+    <Compile Remove="App.xaml.cs" />
+    <Compile Remove="MainWindow.xaml.cs" />
+    <Compile Remove="EnumBindingSourceExtension.cs" />
+    <Compile Remove="MainModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Remove="StatsVisitor.cs" />
+    <Compile Remove="Properties/**" />
+    <None Remove="**/*.xaml" />
+    <Page Remove="**/*.xaml" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
+  
+  <!-- Windows-specific XAML excludes -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
     <Page Remove="Themes\Metro\Metro.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
     <Page Remove="Themes\Metro\Metro.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
     <Page Remove="Themes\Metro\Styles.Shared.xaml" />
     <Page Remove="Themes\Metro\Styles.WPF.xaml" />
     <Page Remove="Themes\Metro\Theme.Colors.xaml" />
+    <Compile Remove="NonWindowsPlatformPlaceholder.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench/NonWindowsPlatformPlaceholder.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench/NonWindowsPlatformPlaceholder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcf0dfad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench/NonWindowsPlatformPlaceholder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// This file exists to allow the Workbench project to build on non-Windows platforms
+// The actual WPF application is only available on Windows
+
+namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Workbench
+{
+    // Empty placeholder class for non-Windows builds
+    internal class NonWindowsPlatformPlaceholder
+    {
+    }
+}