diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ae097a31d855ea..da2ba1a158ec1b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 source="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 
+function is_cygwin_or_mingw()
+{
+  case $(uname -s) in
+    CYGWIN*)    return 0;;
+    MINGW*)     return 0;;
+    *)          return 1;;
+  esac
+}
+
 # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
 while [[ -h $source ]]; do
   scriptroot="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$source" )" && pwd )"
@@ -13,4 +22,12 @@ while [[ -h $source ]]; do
 done
 
 scriptroot="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$source" )" && pwd )"
-"$scriptroot/eng/build.sh" $@
+
+if is_cygwin_or_mingw; then
+  # if bash shell running on Windows (not WSL),
+  # pass control to powershell build script.
+  scriptroot=$(cygpath -d "$scriptroot")
+  powershell -c "$scriptroot\\build.cmd" $@
+else
+  "$scriptroot/eng/build.sh" $@
+fi