diff --git a/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack/build/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Browser.targets b/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack/build/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Browser.targets
index 2da1684455e555..2a0d52c26fcd46 100644
--- a/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack/build/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Browser.targets
+++ b/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack/build/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Browser.targets
@@ -961,13 +961,24 @@ Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>
 
-  <!-- Publish starts here -->
+  <!-- Publish targets and output directory messages start here -->
 
   <!-- Make sure that ResolveAssemblyReferences runs early enough to ensure satellite assemblies are populated in the ResolvedFilesToPublish -->
   <Target Name="_WasmPrepareForPublish"
     DependsOnTargets="PrepareResourceNames;ComputeIntermediateSatelliteAssemblies;ResolveAssemblyReferences"
     BeforeTargets="PrepareForPublish" />
 
+  <Target Name="_PrintWasmBrowserPublishOutputDirectory" AfterTargets="Publish" Condition="'$(WasmBuildingForNestedPublish)' != 'true'">
+    <Message Importance="High" Text="$(MSBuildProjectName) (wwwroot) -&gt; $([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(PublishDir)', 'wwwroot'))" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target Name="_PrintWasmBrowserBuildOutputDirectory" AfterTargets="CopyFilesToOutputDirectory" Condition="'$(WasmBuildingForNestedPublish)' != 'true'">
+    <Message
+      Importance="High"
+      Text="$(MSBuildProjectName) (wwwroot) -&gt; $([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(TargetDir)', 'wwwroot'))"
+      Condition="'$(CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory)' == 'true' and '$(SkipCopyBuildProduct)' != 'true'" />
+  </Target>
+
   <!-- Wasm's Nested publish is run just to build the native bits. We don't need to run blazor targets for that -->
   <Target Name="ProcessPublishFilesForWasm" DependsOnTargets="_ResolveWasmConfiguration;LoadStaticWebAssetsBuildManifest;_GatherWasmFilesToPublish" AfterTargets="ILLink" Condition="'$(WasmBuildingForNestedPublish)' != 'true'">
     <!-- The list of static web assets already contains all the assets from the build. We want to correct certain assets that might
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Templates/WasmTemplateTests.cs b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Templates/WasmTemplateTests.cs
index df6bd00b9aec53..a70141219315d4 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Templates/WasmTemplateTests.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Templates/WasmTemplateTests.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,36 @@ public void BrowserBuildThenPublish(Configuration config)
             PublishProject(info, config, new PublishOptions(UseCache: false));
         }
 
+        [Theory, TestCategory("no-fingerprinting"), TestCategory("workload")]
+        [InlineData(Configuration.Debug)]
+        [InlineData(Configuration.Release)]
+        public void BrowserBuildAndPublishOutputDirectories(Configuration config)
+        {
+            ProjectInfo info = CreateWasmTemplateProject(Template.WasmBrowser, config, aot: false, "output_directory");
+            (string projectDir, string buildOutput) = BuildProject(info, config);
+
+            string buildOutputDirectory = Path.Combine(
+                projectDir,
+                "bin",
+                config.ToString(),
+                DefaultTargetFramework,
+                "wwwroot") + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+            string buildMessage = $"{info.ProjectName} (wwwroot) -> {buildOutputDirectory}";
+            Assert.Equal(1, buildOutput.Split(buildMessage).Length - 1);
+
+            (_, string publishOutput) = PublishProject(info, config, new PublishOptions(UseCache: false));
+
+            string publishOutputDirectory = Path.Combine(
+                projectDir,
+                "bin",
+                config.ToString(),
+                DefaultTargetFramework,
+                "publish",
+                "wwwroot") + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+            string publishMessage = $"{info.ProjectName} (wwwroot) -> {publishOutputDirectory}";
+            Assert.Equal(1, publishOutput.Split(publishMessage).Length - 1);
+        }
+
         public static TheoryData<bool, string> TestDataForAppBundleDir()
         {
             var data = new TheoryData<bool, string>();