diff --git a/osu.Android.props b/osu.Android.props
index a4900132b1..147d236d98 100644
--- a/osu.Android.props
+++ b/osu.Android.props
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@
     <!-- Realm needs to be directly referenced in all Xamarin projects, as it will not pull in its transitive dependencies otherwise. -->
     <PackageReference Include="Realm" Version="10.18.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <LinkDescription Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\osu.Android\Linker.xml"/>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/osu.Android/Linker.xml b/osu.Android/Linker.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7d31fe087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Android/Linker.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<linker>
+    <assembly fullname="mscorlib">
+        <!-- see https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/21516 -->
+        <type fullname="System.Globalization.*Calendar"/>
+    </assembly>
+</linker>