diff --git a/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_all.cs b/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_all.cs
index e1f020746b..2eedc4d896 100644
--- a/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_all.cs
+++ b/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_all.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ static class UnsafeNativeMethods
 {
     private delegate void init_func_delegate();
     [DllImport(efl.Libs.Ecore)] public static extern void ecore_init();
+    [DllImport(efl.Libs.Ecore)] public static extern void ecore_init_ex(int argc, IntPtr argv);
     [DllImport(efl.Libs.Ecore)] public static extern void ecore_shutdown();
     // dotnet loads libraries from DllImport with RTLD_LOCAL. Due to the
     // way evas modules are built with meson, currently they do not link directly
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public static class All
         Eina.Config.Init();
         Efl.Eo.Config.Init();
         ecore_init();
+        ecore_init_ex(0, IntPtr.Zero);
         evas_init();
         eldbus.Config.Init();
 
diff --git a/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_csharp_application.cs b/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_csharp_application.cs
index 93df6e7a3b..92714098c2 100644
--- a/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_csharp_application.cs
+++ b/src/bindings/mono/efl_mono/efl_csharp_application.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public abstract class Application
         Eina.Config.Init();
         Efl.Eo.Config.Init();
         ecore_init();
+        ecore_init_ex(0, IntPtr.Zero);
         evas_init();
         eldbus.Config.Init();