diff --git a/build/scripts/build.ps1 b/build/scripts/build.ps1
index 49971915d699a3002c1237ba95b7e59de56a26a0..b89dde167f8b5e2312e9b892dc29f5105e7d7ef4 100644
--- a/build/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/build/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ param (
     # Configuration
     [switch]$restore = $false,
     [switch]$release = $false,
+    [switch]$official = $false,
     [switch]$cibuild = $false,
     [switch]$build = $false,
     [switch]$bootstrap = $false,
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ function Print-Usage() {
     Write-Host "  -release                  Perform release build (default is debug)"
     Write-Host "  -restore                  Restore packages"
     Write-Host "  -build                    Build the Roslyn source"
+    Write-Host "  -official                 Perform an official build"
     Write-Host "  -bootstrap                Build using a bootstrap Roslyn"
     Write-Host "  -msbuildDir               MSBuild to use for operations"
     Write-Host "" 
@@ -87,6 +89,10 @@ function Run-MSBuild([string]$buildArgs = "", [string]$logFile = "") {
         $args += " /p:PathMap=`"$($repoDir)=q:\roslyn`" /p:Feature=pdb-path-determinism" 
     }
 
+    if ($official) {
+        $args += " /p:OfficialBuild=true"
+    }
+
     $args += " $buildArgs"
     Exec-Command $msbuild $args
 }