diff --git a/lib/CoreCLR/boot.cpp b/lib/CoreCLR/boot.cpp
index 2d00c1aa6..d6fc0f604 100644
--- a/lib/CoreCLR/boot.cpp
+++ b/lib/CoreCLR/boot.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ int InitializeClrAndGetEntryPoint(
     SetEnvironmentVariable(L"DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP", L"0");
     //SetEnvironmentVariable(L"COMPlus_legacyCorruptedStateExceptionsPolicy", L"1");
     SetEnvironmentVariable(L"DOTNET_legacyCorruptedStateExceptionsPolicy", L"1");
+    SetEnvironmentVariable(L"COMPLUS_ForceENC", L"1");
 
     wchar_t* dotnet_path;
     wchar_t* _appdata;