diff --git a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets
index a297258f3..3d1328f64 100644
--- a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets
+++ b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ namespace $(RootNamespace)
     <Target Name="CppWinRTAddXamlMetaDataProviderCpp"
             Condition="'@(Page)@(ApplicationDefinition)' != '' and '$(XamlLanguage)' == 'CppWinRT' and '$(CppWinRTAddXamlMetaDataProviderIdl)' == 'true'">
         <PropertyGroup>
-            <_PCH>@(ClCompile->Metadata('PrecompiledHeaderFile')->Distinct())</_PCH>
+            <_PCH Condition="'%(CLCompile.PrecompiledHeader)' != 'NotUsing'">@(ClCompile->Metadata('PrecompiledHeaderFile')->Distinct())</_PCH>
             <XamlMetaDataProviderPch Condition="'$(_PCH)'!=''">#include "$(_PCH)"</XamlMetaDataProviderPch>
             <XamlMetaDataProviderCppLines>
 // This file is generated by the build to support Xaml apps