diff --git a/pythonnet/setup.py b/pythonnet/setup.py
index d91951141..14de4cfd9 100644
--- a/pythonnet/setup.py
+++ b/pythonnet/setup.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
             "/p:Platform=%s" % _platform,
             "/p:DefineConstants=\"%s\"" % _defines_sep.join(defines),
             "/p:PythonBuildDir=%s" % os.path.abspath(dest_dir),
-            "/p:NoNuGet=true",
+            "/p:NoNuGet=%s" % ("true" if DEVTOOLS=="Mono" else "false"),
             "/verbosity:%s" % VERBOSITY,
         ]