diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index 95663cc9f59420..a2bed46dda65f0 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ goto exit
 
 :msbuild-found
 
+@rem Visual Studio v17.10 has a bug that causes the build to fail.
+@rem Check if the version is v17.10 and exit if it is.
+echo %VSCMD_VER% | findstr /b /c:"17.10" >nul
+if %errorlevel% neq 1  (
+  echo Node.js doesn't compile with Visual Studio 17.10 Please use a different version.
+  goto exit
+)
+
 @rem check if the clang-cl build is requested
 if not defined clang_cl goto clang-skip
 @rem x64 is hard coded as it is used for both cross and native compilation.