diff --git a/dotnet/DefaultCompilationIncludes.md b/dotnet/DefaultCompilationIncludes.md
index 24a4fe369f..54222fbb59 100644
--- a/dotnet/DefaultCompilationIncludes.md
+++ b/dotnet/DefaultCompilationIncludes.md
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ default (as `ImageAsset` items).
 All \*.png files inside \*.atlas directories in the project directory or any
 subdirectory are included by default (as `AtlasTexture` items).
 
+## Core ML Models
+
+All \*.mlmodel files anywhere in the project directory or any subdirectory are
+included by default (as `CoreMLModel` items).
+
 ## Binding projects
 
 Default compilation includes is turned off for binding projects, because
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.DefaultItems.template.props b/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.DefaultItems.template.props
index d0ae75b4e7..70f91c0df1 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.DefaultItems.template.props
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.Sdk.DefaultItems.template.props
@@ -55,4 +55,12 @@
 			<IsDefaultItem>true</IsDefaultItem>
 		</AtlasTexture>
 	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<!-- Default CoreMLModel inclusion -->
+	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == '@PLATFORM@' And '$(_EnableDefaultXamarinItems)' == 'true' ">
+		<CoreMLModel Include="**\*.mlmodel">
+			<Link>$([MSBuild]::MakeRelative ('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)', '%(Identity)'))</Link>
+			<IsDefaultItem>true</IsDefaultItem>
+		</CoreMLModel>
+	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index 555449cf76..bbe04b04cf 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 		<CreateAppBundleDependsOn>
 			_DetectAppManifest;
 			_CopyResourcesToBundle;
+			_CompileCoreMLModels;
 			_CompileEntitlements;
 			_CompileAppManifest;
 			_ComputeLinkerArguments;
diff --git a/tests/common/DotNet.cs b/tests/common/DotNet.cs
index 8cf6749446..f9d6d9b042 100644
--- a/tests/common/DotNet.cs
+++ b/tests/common/DotNet.cs
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ namespace Xamarin.Tests {
 						return false; // TODO
 					} else if (components.Any (v => v.EndsWith (".appex", StringComparison.Ordinal))) {
 						return false; // TODO
-					} else if (components.Any (v => v.EndsWith (".mlmodelc", StringComparison.Ordinal))) {
-						return false; // TODO
 					}
 
 					return true;