diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 91c3e56d10..b624e99762 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
     <_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)' == 'Debug'">debug\</_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir>
     <_ZVcpkgExecutable>$(_ZVcpkgRoot)vcpkg.exe</_ZVcpkgExecutable>
-    <ExternalIncludePath>$(ExternalIncludePath);$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)include</ExternalIncludePath>
+    <ExternalIncludePath Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">$(ExternalIncludePath);$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)include</ExternalIncludePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>