diff --git a/src/SolutionTemplate/UnoSolutionTemplate/Droid/UnoQuickStart.Droid.csproj b/src/SolutionTemplate/UnoSolutionTemplate/Droid/UnoQuickStart.Droid.csproj
index e10407aef6c1..bced9e36d6e3 100644
--- a/src/SolutionTemplate/UnoSolutionTemplate/Droid/UnoQuickStart.Droid.csproj
+++ b/src/SolutionTemplate/UnoSolutionTemplate/Droid/UnoQuickStart.Droid.csproj
@@ -93,4 +93,14 @@
 
 	<!-- This will force the generation of the APK when not building inside visual studio -->
 	<Target Name="GenerateBuild" DependsOnTargets="SignAndroidPackage" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)'==''" />
+	
+	<Target Name="Issue3897Workaround" 
+		Condition=" '$(ManagedDesignTimeBuild)' == 'True' "
+		AfterTargets="_RemoveLegacyDesigner">
+		<!-- See https://github.com/unoplatform/uno/issues/3897 and https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/issues/5069 for more details -->
+		<ItemGroup>
+			<Compile Remove="$(_AndroidResourceDesignerFile)"/>
+		</ItemGroup>
+	</Target>
+
 </Project>