diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 0f562a876..f93e51056 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Release')) or '$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'RelWithDebInfo' or '$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'MinSizeRel'">Release</VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration>
     <VcpkgRoot Condition="!$(VcpkgRoot.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgRoot)\</VcpkgRoot>
     <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir Condition="!$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)\</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
-    <VcpkgManifestRoot Condition="!$(VcpkgManifestRoot.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgManifestRoot)\</VcpkgManifestRoot>
+    <VcpkgManifestRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != '' and !$(VcpkgManifestRoot.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgManifestRoot)\</VcpkgManifestRoot>
     <VcpkgApplocalDeps Condition="'$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == ''">true</VcpkgApplocalDeps>
     <!-- Deactivate Autolinking if lld is used as a linker. (Until a better way to solve the problem is found!).
     Tried to add /lib as a parameter to the linker call but was unable to find a way to pass it as the first parameter. -->