diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_add_to_path.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_add_to_path.cmake
index 7ab08c88e..05763b2ef 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_add_to_path.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_add_to_path.cmake
@@ -29,19 +29,11 @@ function(vcpkg_add_to_path)
         if(NOT "${ARGC}" STREQUAL "2")
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Expected second argument.")
         endif()
-        if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-            set(ENV{PATH} "${ARGV1};$ENV{PATH}")
-        else()
-            set(ENV{PATH} "${ARGV1}:$ENV{PATH}")
-        endif()
+        set(ENV{PATH} "${ARGV1}${VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR}$ENV{PATH}")
     else()
         if(NOT "${ARGC}" STREQUAL "1")
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Unexpected second argument: ${ARGV1}")
         endif()
-        if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-            set(ENV{PATH} "$ENV{PATH};${ARGV0}")
-        else()
-            set(ENV{PATH} "$ENV{PATH}:${ARGV0}")
-        endif()
+        set(ENV{PATH} "$ENV{PATH}${VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR}${ARGV0}")
     endif()
 endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_cmake.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_cmake.cmake
index b110d2cc9..d049c907b 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_cmake.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_cmake.cmake
@@ -74,15 +74,10 @@ function(vcpkg_build_cmake)
 
             if(_bc_ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
                 set(_BACKUP_ENV_PATH "$ENV{PATH}")
-                if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-                    set(_PATHSEP ";")
-                else()
-                    set(_PATHSEP ":")
-                endif()
                 if(BUILDTYPE STREQUAL "debug")
-                    set(ENV{PATH} "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/debug/bin${_PATHSEP}$ENV{PATH}")
+                    vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/debug/bin")
                 else()
-                    set(ENV{PATH} "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/bin${_PATHSEP}$ENV{PATH}")
+                    vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/bin")
                 endif()
             endif()
 
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_qmake.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_qmake.cmake
index 03c468463..ef6fb30f3 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_qmake.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_qmake.cmake
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ function(vcpkg_build_qmake)
             run_jom(qmake_all makefiles ${_short_name_${_buildname}})
         endif()
         run_jom("${_csc_${_buildname}_TARGETS}" ${_csc_BUILD_LOGNAME} ${_short_name_${_buildname}})
+        unset(_BUILD_PREFIX)
     endforeach()
       
     # Restore the original value of ENV{PATH}
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_common_definitions.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_common_definitions.cmake
index 60afeaf36..14cf460af 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_common_definitions.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_common_definitions.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## ## The following variables are available:
 ## ```cmake
 ## VCPKG_TARGET_IS_<target>                 with <target> being one of the following: WINDOWS, UWP, LINUX, OSX, ANDROID, FREEBSD. only defined if <target>
+## VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR                Host specific path separator (USAGE: "<something>${VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR}<something>"; only use and pass variables with VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR within "")
 ## VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX             executable suffix of the host
 ## VCPKG_TARGET_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX           executable suffix of the target
 ## VCPKG_TARGET_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX       static library prefix for target (same as CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX)
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@ elseif(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
     set(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_FREEBSD 1)
 endif()
 
+#Helper variable to identify the host path separator. 
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
+    set(VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR ";")
+elseif(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
+    set(VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR ":")
+endif()
+
 #Helper variables to identify executables on host/target
 if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
     set(VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX ".exe")
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake
index 1c3a26a74..c31955fb2 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake
@@ -72,14 +72,11 @@ function(vcpkg_configure_cmake)
     endif()
 
     if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-        set(_PATHSEP ";")
         if(DEFINED ENV{PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432})
             set(_csc_HOST_ARCHITECTURE $ENV{PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432})
         else()
             set(_csc_HOST_ARCHITECTURE $ENV{PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE})
         endif()
-    else()
-        set(_PATHSEP ":")
     endif()
 
     set(NINJA_CAN_BE_USED ON) # Ninja as generator
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ function(vcpkg_configure_cmake)
     if(GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
         vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NINJA)
         get_filename_component(NINJA_PATH ${NINJA} DIRECTORY)
-        set(ENV{PATH} "$ENV{PATH}${_PATHSEP}${NINJA_PATH}")
+        vcpkg_add_to_path("${NINJA_PATH}")
         list(APPEND _csc_OPTIONS "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=${NINJA}")
     endif()
 
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ function(vcpkg_configure_cmake)
 
         vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NINJA)
         get_filename_component(NINJA_PATH ${NINJA} DIRECTORY)
-        set(ENV{PATH} "$ENV{PATH}${_PATHSEP}${NINJA_PATH}")
+        vcpkg_add_to_path("${NINJA_PATH}")
 
         #parallelize the configure step
         set(_contents