diff --git a/eng/common/build.ps1 b/eng/common/build.ps1
index 94a91c0817e..8943da242f6 100644
--- a/eng/common/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/build.ps1
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Param(
   [switch] $prepareMachine,
   [string] $runtimeSourceFeed = '',
   [string] $runtimeSourceFeedKey = '',
+  [switch] $excludePrereleaseVS,
   [switch] $help,
   [Parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)][String[]]$properties
 )
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ function Print-Usage() {
   Write-Host "  -prepareMachine         Prepare machine for CI run, clean up processes after build"
   Write-Host "  -warnAsError <value>    Sets warnaserror msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
   Write-Host "  -msbuildEngine <value>  Msbuild engine to use to run build ('dotnet', 'vs', or unspecified)."
+  Write-Host "  -excludePrereleaseVS    Set to exclude build engines in prerelease versions of Visual Studio"
   Write-Host ""
 
   Write-Host "Command line arguments not listed above are passed thru to msbuild."
diff --git a/eng/common/msbuild.ps1 b/eng/common/msbuild.ps1
index c6401230002..eea19cd8452 100644
--- a/eng/common/msbuild.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/msbuild.ps1
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Param(
   [bool] $nodeReuse = $true,
   [switch] $ci,
   [switch] $prepareMachine,
+  [switch] $excludePrereleaseVS,
   [Parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)][String[]]$extraArgs
 )
 
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index d52467eea11..2d8a74f7d9e 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 # True to use global NuGet cache instead of restoring packages to repository-local directory.
 [bool]$useGlobalNuGetCache = if (Test-Path variable:useGlobalNuGetCache) { $useGlobalNuGetCache } else { !$ci }
 
+# True to exclude prerelease versions Visual Studio during build
+[bool]$excludePrereleaseVS = if (Test-Path variable:excludePrereleaseVS) { $excludePrereleaseVS } else { $false }
+
 # An array of names of processes to stop on script exit if prepareMachine is true.
 $processesToStopOnExit = if (Test-Path variable:processesToStopOnExit) { $processesToStopOnExit } else { @('msbuild', 'dotnet', 'vbcscompiler') }
 
@@ -463,7 +466,11 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
   }
 
   if (!$vsRequirements) { $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs }
-  $args = @('-latest', '-prerelease', '-format', 'json', '-requires', 'Microsoft.Component.MSBuild', '-products', '*')
+  $args = @('-latest', '-format', 'json', '-requires', 'Microsoft.Component.MSBuild', '-products', '*')
+
+  if (!$excludePrereleaseVS) {
+    $args += '-prerelease'
+  }
 
   if (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'version') {
     $args += '-version'
@@ -489,7 +496,13 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
 
 function InitializeBuildTool() {
   if (Test-Path variable:global:_BuildTool) {
-    return $global:_BuildTool
+    # If the requested msbuild parameters do not match, clear the cached variables.
+    if($global:_BuildTool.Contains('ExcludePrereleaseVS') -and $global:_BuildTool.ExcludePrereleaseVS -ne $excludePrereleaseVS) {
+      Remove-Item variable:global:_BuildTool 
+      Remove-Item variable:global:_MSBuildExe
+    } else {
+      return $global:_BuildTool
+    }
   }
 
   if (-not $msbuildEngine) {
@@ -517,7 +530,7 @@ function InitializeBuildTool() {
       ExitWithExitCode 1
     }
 
-    $buildTool = @{ Path = $msbuildPath; Command = ""; Tool = "vs"; Framework = "net472" }
+    $buildTool = @{ Path = $msbuildPath; Command = ""; Tool = "vs"; Framework = "net472"; ExcludePrereleaseVS = $excludePrereleaseVS }
   } else {
     Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'InitializeToolset' -Message "Unexpected value of -msbuildEngine: '$msbuildEngine'."
     ExitWithExitCode 1