diff --git a/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp b/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp
index dddcc6487b..d9fbc9bed3 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
         {
             // the cmake version from mysys and cygwin can not be used because that version can't handle 'C:' in paths
             auto path = exe_path.generic_u8string();
-            return !Strings::ends_with(path, "/usr/bin") && !Strings::ends_with(path, "/cygwin64/bin");
+            return !Strings::ends_with(path, "/usr/bin") && !Strings::ends_with(path, "/cygwin64/bin") &&
+                   path.find("/msys64/") == std::string::npos;
         }
 
 #endif