diff --git a/indra/develop.py b/indra/develop.py
index 05ad12f20e2b46a883e0633ced2330f435ff8d3e..eaecdd0ab662a6baa9db79ca59aa40fc55a6a040 100755
--- a/indra/develop.py
+++ b/indra/develop.py
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def get_build_cmd(self):
             if self.gens[self.generator]['ver'] in [ r'8.0', r'9.0' ]:
                 config = '\"%s|Win32\"' % config
 
-            return "buildconsole %s.sln /build %s" % (self.project_name, config)
+            return "buildconsole %(prj)s.sln /build /cfg=%(cfg)s" % {'prj': self.project_name, 'cfg': config}
 
         # devenv.com is CLI friendly, devenv.exe... not so much.
         return ('"%sdevenv.com" %s.sln /build %s' %