diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/AotTests.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/AotTests.cs
index 48ea5d3d6f4..df17ccd3a55 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/AotTests.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/AotTests.cs
@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ public void BuildBasicApplicationReleaseProfiledAotWithoutDefaultProfile ()
 			StringAssertEx.DoesNotContainRegex (@$"Using profile data file.*{filename}\.aotprofile", b.LastBuildOutput, "Should not use default AOT profile", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		[Category ("SmokeTests")]
+		[TestCase ("テスト", false)]
+		[TestCase ("随机生成器", false)]
+		[TestCase ("テスト", true)]
+		[TestCase ("随机生成器", true)]
+		public void BuildAotApplicationWithSpecialCharactersInProject (string testName, bool aot)
+		{
+			var rootPath = Path.Combine (Root, "temp", TestName);
+			var proj = new XamarinAndroidApplicationProject () {
+				ProjectName = testName,
+				IsRelease = true,
+				AotAssemblies = aot,
+			};
+			proj.SetAndroidSupportedAbis ("armeabi-v7a",  "arm64-v8a", "x86", "x86_64");
+			using (var builder = CreateApkBuilder (Path.Combine (rootPath, proj.ProjectName))){
+				Assert.IsTrue (builder.Build (proj), "Build should have succeeded.");
+			}
+		}
+
 		static object [] AotChecks () => new object [] {
 			new object[] {
 				/* supportedAbis */   "arm64-v8a",
diff --git a/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs b/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs
index d1a3cd61d2a..334864dba67 100644
--- a/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs
+++ b/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs
@@ -205,12 +205,89 @@ public void MonoSymbolicateAndroidStackTrace ()
 			}) ;
 		}
 
+		static object [] AotChecks () => new object [] {
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   true,
+				/* enableLLVM */      false,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ false,
+				/* testName*/ "テスト",
+			},
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   false,
+				/* enableLLVM */      true,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ true,
+				/* testName*/ "テスト",
+			},
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   true,
+				/* enableLLVM */      false,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ true,
+				/* testName*/ "テスト",
+			},
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   false,
+				/* enableLLVM */      true,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ false,
+				/* testName*/ "テスト",
+			},
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   false,
+				/* enableLLVM */      false,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ false,
+				/* testName*/ "随机生成器",
+			},
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   true,
+				/* enableLLVM */      true,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ true,
+				/* testName*/ "随机生成器",
+			},
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   false,
+				/* enableLLVM */      false,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ true,
+				/* testName*/ "随机生成器",
+			},
+			new object[] {
+				/* aotAssemblies */   true,
+				/* enableLLVM */      true,
+				/* usesAssemblyBlobs */ false,
+				/* testName*/ "随机生成器",
+			},
+		};
+
 		[Test]
 		[Category ("UsesDevice")]
-		public void SmokeTestBuildAndRunWithSpecialCharacters ()
+		[TestCaseSource (nameof (AotChecks))]
+		public void SmokeTestNativeBuildAndRunWithSpecialCharacters (bool aotAssemblies, bool enableLLVM, bool usesAssemblyBlobs, string testName)
 		{
-			var testName = "テスト";
+			AssertHasDevices ();
 
+			var rootPath = Path.Combine (Root, "temp", TestName);
+			var proj = new XamarinAndroidApplicationProject () {
+				ProjectName = testName,
+				AotAssemblies = aotAssemblies,
+				IsRelease = true,
+			};
+			proj.SetProperty ("EnableLLVM", enableLLVM.ToString ());
+			proj.SetProperty ("AndroidUseAssemblyStore", usesAssemblyBlobs.ToString ());
+			proj.SetAndroidSupportedAbis ("armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64");
+			proj.SetDefaultTargetDevice ();
+			using (var builder = CreateApkBuilder (Path.Combine (rootPath, proj.ProjectName))){
+				Assert.IsTrue (builder.Install (proj), "Install should have succeeded.");
+				Assert.IsTrue (builder.RunTarget (proj, "_Run", doNotCleanupOnUpdate: true), "Project should have run.");
+				var timeoutInSeconds = 120;
+				Assert.IsTrue (WaitForActivityToStart (proj.PackageName, "MainActivity",
+					Path.Combine (Root, builder.ProjectDirectory, "startup-logcat.log"), timeoutInSeconds));
+			}
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		[Category ("UsesDevice")]
+		[TestCase ("テスト")]
+		[TestCase ("随机生成器")]
+		public void SmokeTestBuildAndRunWithSpecialCharacters (string testName)
+		{
 			var rootPath = Path.Combine (Root, "temp", TestName);
 			var proj = new XamarinFormsAndroidApplicationProject () {
 				ProjectName = testName,