diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6be74c99e8bc..b02321a54319 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Build.props
 Make.config.inc
 Make.config.local
 configure.inc
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 3ceefd256418..0d4329c77a70 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 		<!-- Disables the transitive restore of packages like Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref, Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref -->
 		<DisableTransitiveFrameworkReferenceDownloads>true</DisableTransitiveFrameworkReferenceDownloads>
 	</PropertyGroup>
+	<Import Project="Build.props" Condition="Exists('Build.props')" />
 </Project>
diff --git a/Make.config b/Make.config
index 4e5873937c81..f9edbe8d8b14 100644
--- a/Make.config
+++ b/Make.config
@@ -205,6 +205,21 @@ XCODE_URL=https://dl.internalx.com/internal-files/xcodes/Xcode_14.3.1.xip
 XCODE_DEVELOPER_ROOT=/Applications/Xcode_14.3.1.app/Contents/Developer
 XCODE_PRODUCT_BUILD_VERSION:=$(shell /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :ProductBuildVersion' $(XCODE_DEVELOPER_ROOT)/../version.plist 2>/dev/null || echo "    $(shell tput setaf 1 2>/dev/null)The required Xcode ($(XCODE_VERSION)) is not installed in $(basename $(basename $(XCODE_DEVELOPER_ROOT)))$(shell tput sgr0 2>/dev/null)" >&2)
 
+# We define stable Xcode as the Xcode app being named like "Xcode_#.#[.#].app"
+# and any other naming is deemed to be a beta. This is the safer approach: any
+# errors are likely to be Xcode classified as a beta, when it's not, and in that
+# case we'll accidentally release a prerelease version. This is not a problem:
+# we fix it, and release the fixed version to stable. The opposite scenario is
+# worse: when we release something as stable when it shouldn't be, so let's
+# try to avoid that.
+ifeq (OK,$(shell echo $(notdir $(abspath $(dir $(abspath $(dir $(XCODE_DEVELOPER_ROOT)))))) | sed -e 's/^Xcode[_0-9.]*[.]app$$/OK/'))
+XCODE_IS_STABLE=true
+XCODE_IS_PREVIEW=false
+else
+XCODE_IS_STABLE=false
+XCODE_IS_PREVIEW=true
+endif
+
 # Tell both Xcode and our build logic which Xcode we're using.
 export DEVELOPER_DIR=$(XCODE_DEVELOPER_ROOT)
 export MD_APPLE_SDK_ROOT=$(abspath $(XCODE_DEVELOPER_ROOT)/../..)
@@ -597,13 +612,28 @@ ALL_PLATFORMS=iOS tvOS watchOS macOS
 ALL_DOTNET_PLATFORMS=iOS macOS tvOS MacCatalyst
 
 -include $(TOP)/dotnet.config
-$(TOP)/dotnet.config: $(TOP)/eng/Versions.props
+$(TOP)/dotnet.config: $(TOP)/eng/Versions.props $(TOP)/Build.props
 	$(Q) grep MicrosoftDotnetSdkInternalPackageVersion $(TOP)/eng/Versions.props | sed -e 's/<*\/*MicrosoftDotnetSdkInternalPackageVersion>//g' -e 's/[ \t]*/DOTNET_VERSION=/' >> $@.tmp
 	$(Q) grep MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion $(TOP)/eng/Versions.props | sed -e 's/<*\/*MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion>//g' -e 's/[ \t]*/BUNDLED_NETCORE_PLATFORMS_PACKAGE_VERSION=/' >> $@.tmp
 	$(Q) grep "<$$(grep EmscriptenWorkloadVersion $(TOP)/eng/Versions.props | sed -e 's_.*>$$[\(]\(.*\)[\)]<.*_\1_')>" $(TOP)/eng/Versions.props | sed -e 's/.*>\(.*\)<.*/EMSCRIPTEN_MANIFEST_PACKAGE_VERSION=\1/' >> $@.tmp
 	$(Q) $(foreach platform,$(ALL_DOTNET_PLATFORMS),grep Microsoft$(platform)SdkPackageVersion $(TOP)/eng/Versions.props | sed -e 's/<*\/*Microsoft$(platform)SdkPackageVersion>//g' -e 's/[ \t]*/NET7_$(shell echo $(platform) | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')_NUGET_VERSION_NO_METADATA=/' >> $@.tmp &&) true
 	$(Q) mv $@.tmp $@
 
+$(TOP)/Build.props: Make.config
+	$(Q) rm -f $@.tmp
+	$(Q) printf "<Project>\n" >> $@.tmp
+	$(Q) printf "\t<PropertyGroup>\n" >> $@.tmp
+ifeq ($(XCODE_IS_STABLE),true)
+	# do nothing
+else ifeq ($(XCODE_IS_STABLE),false)
+	$(Q) printf "\t\t<EnablePreviewFeatures>true</EnablePreviewFeatures>\n" >> $@.tmp
+else
+	$(error "The variable XCODE_IS_STABLE is not set!")
+endif
+	$(Q) printf "\t</PropertyGroup>\n" >> $@.tmp
+	$(Q) printf "</Project>\n" >> $@.tmp
+	$(Q) mv $@.tmp $@
+
 DOTNET_DESTDIR ?= $(TOP)/_build
 DOTNET_NUPKG_DIR ?= $(DOTNET_DESTDIR)/nupkgs
 DOTNET_PKG_DIR ?= $(DOTNET_DESTDIR)/pkgs
diff --git a/dotnet/Makefile b/dotnet/Makefile
index bf6bd324f0b1..285e3eaad713 100644
--- a/dotnet/Makefile
+++ b/dotnet/Makefile
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ targets/Microsoft.$(1).Sdk.Versions.props: targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.templa
 		-e 's*@VALID_RUNTIME_IDENTIFIERS@*$(foreach rid,$(3),\n\t\t<_XamarinValidRuntimeIdentifier Include="$(rid)" Platform="$(1)" />)*' \
 		-e 's/@DOTNET_TFM@/$(DOTNET_TFM)/g' \
 		-e 's/@RUNTIME_PACK_RUNTIME_IDENTIFIERS@/$(4)/g' \
+		-e 's/@XCODE_IS_PREVIEW@/$(XCODE_IS_PREVIEW)/g' \
 		$$< > $$@.tmp
 	$$(Q) mv $$@.tmp $$@
 
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props b/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props
index 40aa4d8e0130..30a53269afdf 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.Versions.template.props
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		<_ShortPackageVersion>@NUGET_VERSION_NO_METADATA@</_ShortPackageVersion>
 		<_PackageVersion>@NUGET_VERSION_FULL@</_PackageVersion>
 		<_DefaultTargetPlatformVersion>@DEFAULT_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION@</_DefaultTargetPlatformVersion>
+		<_XamarinIsPreviewRelease>@XCODE_IS_PREVIEW@</_XamarinIsPreviewRelease>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>@VALID_RUNTIME_IDENTIFIERS@
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index 496a66b7537b..00dbae3c0073 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -889,8 +889,16 @@
 		<Error Text="Only CoreCLR is supported on macOS. Set 'UseMonoRuntime=false' to use CoreCLR." Condition="'$(_PlatformName)' == 'macOS' And '$(UseMonoRuntime)' != 'false'" />
 	</Target>
 
+	<Target Name="_VerifyPreviewFeaturesIfUnstableXcode">
+		<Error
+			Text="These are preview bindings for an unstable version of Xcode. Opt into preview features by adding &lt;EnablePreviewFeatures&gt;True&lt;/EnablePreviewFeatures&gt; to your project file."
+			Condition="'$(_XamarinIsPreviewRelease)' == 'true' And '$(EnablePreviewFeatures)' != 'true'"
+			/>
+	</Target>
+
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<_ComputeVariablesDependsOn>
+			_VerifyPreviewFeaturesIfUnstableXcode;
 			_VerifyValidRuntime;
 			_GenerateBundleName;
 			_ComputeFrameworkVariables;
diff --git a/msbuild/Directory.Build.props b/msbuild/Directory.Build.props
index a9df2a6de115..671391e88d3b 100644
--- a/msbuild/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/msbuild/Directory.Build.props
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 		<MessagingVersion>1.10.37</MessagingVersion>
 		<HotRestartVersion>1.0.119</HotRestartVersion>
 	</PropertyGroup>
+	<Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../Directory.Build.props" />
 </Project>