diff --git a/src/mono/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mono/CMakeLists.txt
index 823926370dd4ad..7a9e8c552ae25b 100644
--- a/src/mono/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mono/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ endif()
 
 project(mono)
 
+include(../../eng/native/configurepaths.cmake)
+
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CHECKED "")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_CHECKED "")
 set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_CHECKED "")
@@ -586,7 +588,7 @@ endif()
 ######################################
 # ICU CHECKS
 ######################################
-set(ICU_SHIM_PATH "../../../libraries/Native/Unix/System.Globalization.Native")
+set(ICU_SHIM_PATH "${CLR_SRC_LIBS_NATIVE_DIR}/Unix/System.Globalization.Native")
 if(MONO_CROSS_COMPILE)
 elseif(HOST_OSX AND NOT HOST_MACCAT)
   include(FindPkgConfig)
@@ -809,6 +811,7 @@ if (TARGET_BROWSER)
 endif()
 ### End of OS specific checks
 
+include_directories("${CLR_SRC_NATIVE_DIR}/common")
 add_subdirectory(mono)
 if (ENABLE_MSCORDBI AND NOT TARGET_ARCH STREQUAL "arm64"  AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT TARGET_IOS AND NOT TARGET_ANDROID AND NOT TARGET_BROWSER AND NOT HOST_MACCAT)
   add_subdirectory(dlls/mscordbi)
diff --git a/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in b/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
index 136a22bbe1dd5f..48a82ec6db8c4c 100644
--- a/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
+++ b/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
@@ -595,6 +595,8 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `pthread_jit_write_protect_np' function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_PTHREAD_JIT_WRITE_PROTECT_NP 1
 
+#cmakedefine01 HAVE_GETAUXVAL
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the declaration of `pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol',
    and to 0 if you don't. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_DECL_PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_SETPROTOCOL 1
diff --git a/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake b/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
index 5bad48a719b856..7bee1c6b98553a 100644
--- a/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ check_symbol_exists(CLOCK_MONOTONIC "time.h" HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
 check_symbol_exists(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE "time.h" HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE)
 check_symbol_exists(sys_signame "signal.h" HAVE_SYSSIGNAME)
 check_symbol_exists(pthread_jit_write_protect_np "pthread.h" HAVE_PTHREAD_JIT_WRITE_PROTECT_NP)
+check_symbol_exists(getauxval sys/auxv.h HAVE_GETAUXVAL)
 
 ac_check_type("struct sockaddr_in6" sockaddr_in6 "netinet/in.h")
 ac_check_type("struct timeval" timeval "sys/time.h;sys/types.h;utime.h")
diff --git a/src/mono/dlls/dbgshim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mono/dlls/dbgshim/CMakeLists.txt
index 40c36fc1af196f..f19ff0e7dc51ef 100644
--- a/src/mono/dlls/dbgshim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mono/dlls/dbgshim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ if(HOST_WIN32)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configuretools.cmake)
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configurepaths.cmake)
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configureplatform.cmake)
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configurecompiler.cmake)
-
+include(${CLR_ENG_NATIVE_DIR}/configurecompiler.cmake)
 
 add_definitions(-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0602)
 
diff --git a/src/mono/dlls/mscordbi/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mono/dlls/mscordbi/CMakeLists.txt
index ea667c3e2b2f6c..2f8ba379561e14 100644
--- a/src/mono/dlls/mscordbi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mono/dlls/mscordbi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,10 +94,7 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/socket-dbi)
 
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configuretools.cmake)
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configurepaths.cmake)
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configureplatform.cmake)
-include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../eng/native/configurecompiler.cmake)
+include(${CLR_ENG_NATIVE_DIR}/configurecompiler.cmake)
 
 if (CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
   # Add custom targets that the pal build expects.
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c
index 6f14674683a86d..58215064cc864c 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/assembly.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <mono/utils/atomic.h>
 #include <mono/utils/mono-os-mutex.h>
 #include <mono/metadata/mono-private-unstable.h>
+#include <getexepath.h>
 
 #ifndef HOST_WIN32
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -524,37 +525,18 @@ set_dirs (char *exe)
 void
 mono_set_rootdir (void)
 {
-#if defined(HOST_WIN32) || (defined(HOST_DARWIN) && !defined(TARGET_ARM))
-	gchar *bindir, *installdir, *root, *name, *resolvedname, *config;
-
-#ifdef HOST_WIN32
-	name = mono_get_module_file_name ((HMODULE) &__ImageBase);
-#else
- 	{
-		/* 
-		 * _NSGetExecutablePath may return -1 to indicate buf is not large
-		 *  enough, but we ignore that case to avoid having to do extra dynamic
-		 *  allocation for the path and hope that 4096 is enough - this is 
-		 *  ok in the Linux/Solaris case below at least...
-		 */
- 		
-		gchar buf[4096];
- 		guint buf_size = sizeof (buf);
- 
-		name = NULL;
- 		if (_NSGetExecutablePath (buf, &buf_size) == 0)
- 			name = g_strdup (buf);
- 
- 		if (name == NULL) {
- 			fallback ();
- 			return;
- 		}
- 	}
+	char *path = getexepath();
+	if (path == NULL) {
+#ifndef HOST_WIN32
+		fallback ();
 #endif
+		return;
+	}
 
-	resolvedname = mono_path_resolve_symlinks (name);
+#if defined(HOST_WIN32) || (defined(HOST_DARWIN) && !defined(TARGET_ARM))
+	gchar *bindir, *installdir, *root, *config;
 
-	bindir = g_path_get_dirname (resolvedname);
+	bindir = g_path_get_dirname (path);
 	installdir = g_path_get_dirname (bindir);
 	root = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, installdir, "lib", (const char*)NULL);
 
@@ -572,44 +554,12 @@ mono_set_rootdir (void)
 	g_free (root);
 	g_free (installdir);
 	g_free (bindir);
-	g_free (name);
-	g_free (resolvedname);
+	g_free (path);
 #elif defined(DISABLE_MONO_AUTODETECTION)
 	fallback ();
 #else
-	char buf [4096];
-	int  s;
-	char *str;
-
-#if defined(HAVE_READLINK)
-	/* Linux style */
-	s = readlink ("/proc/self/exe", buf, sizeof (buf)-1);
-#else
-	s = -1;
-#endif
-
-	if (s != -1){
-		buf [s] = 0;
-		set_dirs (buf);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* Solaris 10 style */
-	str = g_strdup_printf ("/proc/%d/path/a.out", mono_process_current_pid ());
-
-#if defined(HAVE_READLINK)
-	s = readlink (str, buf, sizeof (buf)-1);
-#else
-	s = -1;
-#endif
-
-	g_free (str);
-	if (s != -1){
-		buf [s] = 0;
-		set_dirs (buf);
-		return;
-	} 
-	fallback ();
+	set_dirs (path);
+	return;
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-darwin.c b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-darwin.c
index 1242b1981b4f0a..217125542cee0c 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-darwin.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-darwin.c
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ mono_dl_get_so_suffixes (void)
 	return suffixes;
 }
 
-int
-mono_dl_get_executable_path (char *buf, int buflen)
-{
-	uint32_t bsize = buflen;
-	if (_NSGetExecutablePath (buf, &bsize) == 0)
-		return strlen (buf);
-	return -1;
-}
-
 const char*
 mono_dl_get_system_dir (void)
 {
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-posix.c b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-posix.c
index b716b83bce1f13..01775d17d221c2 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-posix.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-posix.c
@@ -65,16 +65,6 @@ mono_dl_get_so_suffixes (void)
 	return suffixes;
 }
 
-int
-mono_dl_get_executable_path (char *buf, int buflen)
-{
-#if defined(HAVE_READLINK)
-	return readlink ("/proc/self/exe", buf, buflen - 1);
-#else
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 const char*
 mono_dl_get_system_dir (void)
 {
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-wasm.c b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-wasm.c
index df7d60756965c2..3ef2436a08f976 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-wasm.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-wasm.c
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ mono_dl_get_so_suffixes (void)
 	return suffixes;
 }
 
-int
-mono_dl_get_executable_path (char *buf, int buflen)
-{
-	strncpy (buf, "/managed", buflen); //This is a packaging convertion that our tooling should enforce
-	return 0;
-}
-
 const char*
 mono_dl_get_system_dir (void)
 {
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-windows.c b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-windows.c
index 487fe83188da0a..e2c6d2dfc64cad 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-windows.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl-windows.c
@@ -220,12 +220,6 @@ mono_dl_current_error_string (void)
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_API_SUPPORT_WIN32_FORMAT_MESSAGE */
 
-int
-mono_dl_get_executable_path (char *buf, int buflen)
-{
-	return -1; //TODO
-}
-
 const char*
 mono_dl_get_system_dir (void)
 {
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.c b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.c
index 166cd5d602a8fb..0947c3bd0d4132 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <getexepath.h>
 
 #if defined(TARGET_ANDROID) && !defined(WIN32)
 #include <dlfcn.h>
@@ -613,18 +614,14 @@ MonoDl*
 mono_dl_open_runtime_lib (const char* lib_name, int flags, char **error_msg)
 {
 	MonoDl *runtime_lib = NULL;
-	char buf [4096];
-	int binl;
 	*error_msg = NULL;
 
-	binl = mono_dl_get_executable_path (buf, sizeof (buf));
+	char *resolvedname = getexepath();
 
-	if (binl != -1) {
+	if (!resolvedname) {
 		char *base;
-		char *resolvedname, *name;
+		char *name;
 		char *baseparent = NULL;
-		buf [binl] = 0;
-		resolvedname = mono_path_resolve_symlinks (buf);
 		base = g_path_get_dirname (resolvedname);
 		name = g_strdup_printf ("%s/.libs", base);
 		runtime_lib = try_load (lib_name, name, flags, error_msg);
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.h b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.h
index 5a810f8c295dac..a0a2c4ec7e4c29 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-dl.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ void mono_dl_close_handle (MonoDl *module);
 void* mono_dl_lookup_symbol (MonoDl *module, const char *name);
 int mono_dl_convert_flags (int mono_flags, int native_flags);
 char* mono_dl_current_error_string (void);
-int mono_dl_get_executable_path (char *buf, int buflen);
 const char* mono_dl_get_system_dir (void);
 
 #endif /* __MONO_UTILS_DL_H__ */
diff --git a/src/native/common/getexepath.h b/src/native/common/getexepath.h
index e918dadcb8e55e..5621f728c85ce1 100644
--- a/src/native/common/getexepath.h
+++ b/src/native/common/getexepath.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+#include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 // Returns the full path to the executable for the current process, resolving symbolic links.
 // The caller is responsible for releasing the buffer. Returns null on error.
-extern inline char* getexepath(void)
+static inline char* getexepath(void)
 {
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
     uint32_t path_length = 0;
@@ -59,6 +61,17 @@ extern inline char* getexepath(void)
     }
 
     return realpath(path, NULL);
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    char path[MAX_PATH];
+    if (GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, path, MAX_PATH) == 0)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return strdup(path);
+#elif defined(TARGET_WASM)
+    // This is a packaging convention that our tooling should enforce.
+    return strdup("/managed");
 #else
 #if HAVE_GETAUXVAL && defined(AT_EXECFN)
     const char* path = (const char *)getauxval(AT_EXECFN);