diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ff6dc8ddae2e..e31e61d1de79 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Usage: configure [options]
 EOL
 }
 
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 CONFIGURED_FILE=configure.inc
 
 rm -f $CONFIGURED_FILE
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
index 7345d2c72cad..3bff654e6993 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.props
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 
 		<!-- Setting _RequiresILLinkPack to true so that the ILLink pack is always restored. -->
 		<_RequiresILLinkPack Condition="'$(_RequiresILLinkPack)' == ''">true</_RequiresILLinkPack>
+
+		<!-- Explicitly export symbols using clang command-line option "-exported_symbols_list export_list" -->
+		<_ExportSymbolsExplicitly Condition="'$(_ExportSymbolsExplicitly)' == ''">true</_ExportSymbolsExplicitly>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<!-- Set the default RuntimeIdentifier if not already specified. -->
diff --git a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
index b1f11719017a..20d545110cb5 100644
--- a/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
+++ b/dotnet/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets
@@ -1208,6 +1208,10 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<Target Name="_ComputeLinkNativeExecutableInputs" Condition="'$(IsMacEnabled)' == 'true'">
+		<PropertyGroup>
+			<_ExportedSymbolsFile Condition="'$(_ExportedSymbolsFile)' == '' and '$(_MtouchSymbolsList)' == ''">/dev/null</_ExportedSymbolsFile> <!-- nothing to export -->
+			<_ExportedSymbolsFile Condition="'$(_ExportedSymbolsFile)' == ''">$(_MtouchSymbolsList)</_ExportedSymbolsFile>
+		</PropertyGroup>
 		<ItemGroup>
 			<_XamarinMainLibraries Include="$(_XamarinNativeLibraryDirectory)/$(_LibXamarinName)" />
 			<!-- Link with the libraries shipped with the mono runtime pack -->
@@ -1224,6 +1228,9 @@
 			<_MainLinkerFlags Include="-liconv" />
 			<_MainLinkerFlags Include="-lcompression" />
 
+			<_MainLinkerFlags Condition="'$(_ExportSymbolsExplicitly)' == 'true'" Include="-exported_symbols_list" />
+			<_MainLinkerFlags Condition="'$(_ExportSymbolsExplicitly)' == 'true'" Include="$(_ExportedSymbolsFile)" />
+
 			<!-- Here we must add all the files that should make us (re-)link the executable -->
 			<_LinkNativeExecutableInputs Include="@(_NativeExecutableObjectFiles)" />
 			<_LinkNativeExecutableInputs Include="@(_XamarinMainLibraries)" />
@@ -1310,13 +1317,21 @@
 			<_NativeReferences Include="@(_FileNativeReference)" Condition="'%(_FileNativeReference.LinkToExecutable)' != 'false'" />
 		</ItemGroup>
 
+		<!-- remove the `-u` prefix from `_ReferencesLinkerFlags` so we can give the output file to `strip` -->
+		<WriteLinesToFile SessionId="$(BuildSessionId)" File="$(_MtouchSymbolsList)" Lines="@(_ReferencesLinkerFlags->'%(Identity)'->Substring (2))" Overwrite="true" />
+
+		<ItemGroup>
+			<_AllLinkerFlags Include="@(_AssemblyLinkerFlags);@(_MainLinkerFlags);@(_CustomLinkFlags)" />
+			<_AllLinkerFlags Condition="'$(_ExportSymbolsExplicitly)' != 'true'" Include="@(_ReferencesLinkerFlags)" />
+		</ItemGroup>
+
 		<LinkNativeCode
 			SessionId="$(BuildSessionId)"
 			DylibRPath="$(_DylibRPath)"
 			EntitlementsInExecutable="$(_CompiledEntitlements)"
 			FrameworkRPath="$(_EmbeddedFrameworksRPath)"
 			Frameworks="@(_NativeExecutableFrameworks);@(_BindingLibraryFrameworks)"
-			LinkerFlags="@(_AssemblyLinkerFlags);@(_ReferencesLinkerFlags);@(_MainLinkerFlags);@(_CustomLinkFlags)"
+			LinkerFlags="@(_AllLinkerFlags)"
 			LinkWithLibraries="@(_XamarinMainLibraries);@(_BindingLibraryLinkWith);@(_MainLinkWith)"
 			MinimumOSVersion="$(_MinimumOSVersion)"
 			NativeReferences="@(_NativeReferences)"
@@ -1329,9 +1344,6 @@
 			TargetFrameworkMoniker="$(_ComputedTargetFrameworkMoniker)"
 		/>
 
-		<!-- remove the `-u` prefix from `_ReferencesLinkerFlags` so we can give the output file to `strip` -->
-		<WriteLinesToFile SessionId="$(BuildSessionId)" File="$(_MtouchSymbolsList)" Lines="@(_ReferencesLinkerFlags->'%(Identity)'->Substring (2))" Overwrite="true" />
-
 		<ItemGroup>
 			<!-- Copy the executable from the intermediate directory to the .app -->
 			<ResolvedFileToPublish Include="$(_IntermediateNativeLibraryDir)$(_NativeExecutableName)">
diff --git a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Decompress.cs b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Decompress.cs
index db0bfb7b4b47..1be06290795b 100644
--- a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Decompress.cs
+++ b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Decompress.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public static bool TryDecompress (TaskLoggingHelper log, string zip, string reso
 
 		static bool TryDecompressUsingUnzip (TaskLoggingHelper log, string zip, string resource, string decompressionDir)
 		{
-			var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead (zip);
+			using var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead (zip);
 			resource = resource.Replace ('\\', zipDirectorySeparator);
 			var entry = archive.GetEntry (resource);
 			if (entry is null) {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static bool TryDecompressUsingSystemIOCompression (TaskLoggingHelper log, string
 			resource = resource.Replace ('\\', zipDirectorySeparator);
 			var resourceAsDir = resource + zipDirectorySeparator;
 
-			var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead (zip);
+			using var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead (zip);
 			foreach (var entry in archive.Entries) {
 				var entryPath = entry.FullName;
 				if (entryPath.Length == 0)
diff --git a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/CreateBindingResourcePackageBase.cs b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/CreateBindingResourcePackageBase.cs
index fc2e29866966..8286a742ecd5 100644
--- a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/CreateBindingResourcePackageBase.cs
+++ b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/CreateBindingResourcePackageBase.cs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public override bool Execute ()
 						Log.LogWarning (MSBStrings.W7100, bindingOutputPath);
 					}
 				}
+				packagedFiles.Add (manifestPath);
 			}
 
 			PackagedFiles = packagedFiles.Select (v => new TaskItem (v)).ToArray ();
diff --git a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/ResolveNativeReferencesBase.cs b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/ResolveNativeReferencesBase.cs
index 92cfff92bf8c..92787e318191 100644
--- a/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/ResolveNativeReferencesBase.cs
+++ b/msbuild/Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks/Tasks/ResolveNativeReferencesBase.cs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static bool TryGetSidecarManifest (TaskLoggingHelper log, string resources, [Not
 		static bool TryGetInfoPlist (TaskLoggingHelper log, string resourcePath, string xcframework, [NotNullWhen (true)] out PDictionary? plist)
 		{
 			var manifestPath = Path.Combine (xcframework, "Info.plist");
-			var stream = CompressionHelper.TryGetPotentiallyCompressedFile (log, resourcePath, manifestPath);
+			using var stream = CompressionHelper.TryGetPotentiallyCompressedFile (log, resourcePath, manifestPath);
 			if (stream is null) {
 				plist = null;
 				return false;
diff --git a/tools/common/Make.common b/tools/common/Make.common
index a8ec899bb0be..246eca00f0e7 100644
--- a/tools/common/Make.common
+++ b/tools/common/Make.common
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 	$(Q) if ! diff $@ $@.tmp >/dev/null; then $(CP) $@.tmp $@; git diff "$@"; echo "The file $(TOP)/tools/common/SdkVersions.cs has been automatically re-generated; please commit the changes."; exit 1; fi
 	$(Q) touch $@
 
-../common/ProductConstants.cs: ../common/ProductConstants.in.cs Makefile $(TOP)/Make.config
+../common/ProductConstants.cs: ../common/ProductConstants.in.cs Makefile $(TOP)/Make.config $(TOP)/.git/index
 	$(Q_GEN) sed \
 		-e "s/@IOS_VERSION@/$(IOS_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR).$(IOS_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR).$(IOS_PACKAGE_VERSION_REV)/g" \
 		-e "s/@TVOS_VERSION@/$(IOS_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR).$(IOS_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR).$(IOS_PACKAGE_VERSION_REV)/g" \