diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/EnvironmentInfo.Platform.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/EnvironmentInfo.Platform.cs
index 753e62c5b..39541b72d 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/EnvironmentInfo.Platform.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/EnvironmentInfo.Platform.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 // https://github.com/nuke-build/nuke/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using Nuke.Common.Utilities;
 
 namespace Nuke.Common
 {
@@ -54,6 +56,25 @@ public static bool Is64Bit
         /// </summary>
         public static bool IsOsx => Platform == PlatformFamily.OSX;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns whether the operating system is running under Windows Subsystem for Linux.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool IsWsl { get; } = GetIsWsl();
+
+        private static bool GetIsWsl() {
+
+            if (!IsLinux)
+                return false;
+
+            try {
+                var version = File.ReadAllText("/proc/version");
+                return version.ContainsOrdinalIgnoreCase("Microsoft");
+            }
+            catch (IOException) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the framework the build is running on.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/ProcessTasks.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/ProcessTasks.cs
index 72c97cb04..07e0314f1 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/ProcessTasks.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/ProcessTasks.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ private static string GetToolPathOverride(string toolPath)
             }
 
 #if NETCORE
-            if (EnvironmentInfo.IsUnix && toolPath.EndsWithOrdinalIgnoreCase(".exe"))
+            if (EnvironmentInfo.IsUnix &&
+                toolPath.EndsWithOrdinalIgnoreCase(".exe") &&
+                !EnvironmentInfo.IsWsl)
                 return ToolPathResolver.GetPathExecutable("mono");
 #endif