diff --git a/src/common.build.pre.props b/src/common.build.pre.props
index 02030504d..30da9c2b3 100644
--- a/src/common.build.pre.props
+++ b/src/common.build.pre.props
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
+    <PreferredToolArchitecture>x64</PreferredToolArchitecture>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>