diff --git a/build/scripts/build-utils.ps1 b/build/scripts/build-utils.ps1
index e34d6c88d406e98e9a721d69d636c211a5c06c80..bc090aa60d99534c461e6f2d92126a8289e322ad 100644
--- a/build/scripts/build-utils.ps1
+++ b/build/scripts/build-utils.ps1
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ function Test-SupportedVisualStudioVersion([string]$version) {
 # meets our minimal requirements for the Roslyn repo.
 function Get-VisualStudioDirAndId() {
     $vswhere = Join-Path (Ensure-BasicTool "vswhere") "tools\vswhere.exe"
-    $output = Exec-Command $vswhere "-requires Microsoft.Component.MSBuild -format json" | Out-String
+    $output = Exec-Command $vswhere "-prerelease -requires Microsoft.Component.MSBuild -format json" | Out-String
     $j = ConvertFrom-Json $output
     foreach ($obj in $j) {