diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Native/Sentry.Native.targets b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Native/Sentry.Native.targets
index 05114b9d53..f425ac9b30 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Native/Sentry.Native.targets
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Native/Sentry.Native.targets
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <SentryNativeSourceDirectory>..\..\modules\sentry-native\</SentryNativeSourceDirectory>
+    <SentryNativeSourceDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\..\modules\sentry-native\</SentryNativeSourceDirectory>
     <SentryNativeLibraryName>sentry-native</SentryNativeLibraryName>
-    <SentryNativeBuildScript>../../scripts/build-sentry-native.ps1</SentryNativeBuildScript>
-    <SentryNativeBuildInputs>../../.git/modules/modules/sentry-native/HEAD;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Sentry.Native.targets;$(SentryNativeBuildScript)</SentryNativeBuildInputs>
+    <SentryNativeBuildScript>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\..\scripts\build-sentry-native.ps1</SentryNativeBuildScript>
+    <SentryNativeBuildInputs>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\..\.git\modules\modules\sentry-native/HEAD;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Sentry.Native.targets;$(SentryNativeBuildScript)</SentryNativeBuildInputs>
     <SentryNativeOutputDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)sentry-native\</SentryNativeOutputDirectory>
     <!-- List of runtime identifiers: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/src/libraries/Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms/src/runtime.json -->
     <NativeLibRelativePath-win-x64>win-x64</NativeLibRelativePath-win-x64>
@@ -85,11 +85,25 @@
   <!-- Build the Sentry Native SDK (this only runs on local machines because in CI we expect the SDK to be
        built already on each native platform and fetched for the final .net build. -->
   <Target Name="_BuildSentryNativeSDK"
-    BeforeTargets="DispatchToInnerBuilds;BeforeBuild"
-    Condition="'$(_SentryIsNet8OrGreater)' == 'true' and '$(CI)' != 'true'"
     Inputs="$(SentryNativeBuildInputs)"
     Outputs="$(SentryNativeBuildOutputs)">
     <!-- We want a "-Clean" because if the build script changes, previous cmake cache may contain invalid defines. -->
     <Exec Command="pwsh $(SentryNativeBuildScript) -Clean" />
   </Target>
+
+  <!-- We want to build the sentry-native only once, BEFORE building TFM specific verions of the SDK -->
+  <!-- How to run a target exactly once: https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/msbuild/run-target-exactly-once-->
+  <Target Name="_BuildSentryNativeSDKBeforeOuterBuild"
+    Condition="'$(_SentryIsNet8OrGreater)' == 'true' and '$(CI)' != 'true'"
+    DependsOnTargets="_BuildSentryNativeSDK"
+    BeforeTargets="DispatchToInnerBuilds">
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target Name="_BuildSentryNativeSDKBeforeInnerBuild"
+    Condition="'$(_SentryIsNet8OrGreater)' == 'true' and '$(CI)' != 'true'"
+    BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild">
+    <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"
+      Targets="_BuildSentryNativeSDK"
+      RemoveProperties="TargetFramework" />
+  </Target>
 </Project>