diff --git a/changelog.d/2663.change.rst b/changelog.d/2663.change.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cd2e75526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/2663.change.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added Visual Studio Express 2017 support -- by :user:`dofuuz`
diff --git a/setuptools/msvc.py b/setuptools/msvc.py
index d5e0a95232..fd4b078106 100644
--- a/setuptools/msvc.py
+++ b/setuptools/msvc.py
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ def _msvc14_find_vc2017():
             join(root, "Microsoft Visual Studio", "Installer", "vswhere.exe"),
             "-latest",
             "-prerelease",
+            "-requiresAny",
             "-requires", "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",
+            "-requires", "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.WDExpress",
             "-property", "installationPath",
             "-products", "*",
         ]).decode(encoding="mbcs", errors="strict").strip()