diff --git a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.Core/Tasks/PrepareNativeReferencesTaskBase.cs b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.Core/Tasks/PrepareNativeReferencesTaskBase.cs
index 54ab89ad4822..00b0a24ea245 100644
--- a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.Core/Tasks/PrepareNativeReferencesTaskBase.cs
+++ b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.Core/Tasks/PrepareNativeReferencesTaskBase.cs
@@ -137,9 +137,16 @@ public override bool Execute ()
 				text.AppendLine ();
 			}
 
+			bool skipLinkWithGeneration = false;
 			var linkWith = Path.Combine (IntermediateOutputPath, "LinkWithAttributes.cs");
-			Directory.CreateDirectory (Path.GetDirectoryName (linkWith));
-			File.WriteAllText (linkWith, text.ToString ());
+			if (File.Exists (linkWith)) {
+				string existingLinkWithText = File.ReadAllText (linkWith);
+				skipLinkWithGeneration = String.Equals (existingLinkWithText, text.ToString (), StringComparison.Ordinal);
+			}
+			if (!skipLinkWithGeneration) {
+				Directory.CreateDirectory (Path.GetDirectoryName (linkWith));
+				File.WriteAllText (linkWith, text.ToString ());
+			}
 
 			EmbeddedResources = embeddedResources.ToArray ();
 			NativeFrameworks = nativeFrameworks.ToArray ();
diff --git a/tests/msbuild-mac/src/MSBuild-Smoke.cs b/tests/msbuild-mac/src/MSBuild-Smoke.cs
index ca3d38686a48..6f23fff94da9 100644
--- a/tests/msbuild-mac/src/MSBuild-Smoke.cs
+++ b/tests/msbuild-mac/src/MSBuild-Smoke.cs
@@ -151,5 +151,25 @@ public void Build_BindingLibrary_SmokeTest ()
 				}
 			});
 		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void BuildingSameBindingProject_TwoTimes_ShallNotInvokeMMPTwoTimes ()
+		{
+			const string nativeRefItemGroup = "<ItemGroup><NativeReference Include = \"\\usr\\lib\\libz.dylib\"><Kind>Dynamic</Kind><SmartLink>False</SmartLink></NativeReference></ItemGroup>";
+
+			RunMSBuildTest (tmpDir =>
+			{
+				foreach (string project in new[] { "XM45Binding.csproj", "MobileBinding.csproj", "BindingProjectWithNoTag.csproj" })
+				{
+					var config = new TI.UnifiedTestConfig (tmpDir) { ProjectName = project, ItemGroup = nativeRefItemGroup };
+					string projectPath = TI.GenerateBindingLibraryProject (config);
+					string buildOutput = TI.BuildProject (projectPath, isUnified: true, diagnosticMSBuild: true);
+					Assert.IsTrue (buildOutput.Contains ("Target CoreCompile needs to be built"));
+
+					string secondBuildOutput = TI.BuildProject (projectPath, isUnified: true, diagnosticMSBuild: true);
+					Assert.IsFalse (secondBuildOutput.Contains ("Target CoreCompile needs to be built"));
+				}
+			});
+		}
 	}
 }