diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index af1cb50599..25987bbb51 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function configure (gyp, argv) {
       if (gypFormatIndex === -1) {
         gypFormatIndex = argv.indexOf('--format')
       }
-      if (gypFormatIndex === -1 || !argv[gypFormatIndex + 1] || argv[gypFormatIndex + 1] === 'msvs') {
+      if (gypFormatIndex === -1 || !argv[gypFormatIndex + 1] || argv[gypFormatIndex + 1].startsWith('msvs')) {
         const vsInfo = await findVisualStudio(release.semver, gyp.opts['msvs-version'])
         return createConfigFile(vsInfo)
       }