diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 5c24d755a0..1cb3382371 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'Debug' and '$(VcpkgAutoLink)' != 'false'">%(AdditionalDependencies);$(VcpkgRoot)debug\lib\*.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'Release' and '$(VcpkgAutoLink)' != 'false'">%(AdditionalDependencies);$(VcpkgRoot)lib\*.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'Release'">%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(VcpkgRoot)lib;$(VcpkgRoot)lib\manual-link</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'Debug'">%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(VcpkgRoot)debug\lib;$(VcpkgRoot)debug\lib\manual-link</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Debug')) and '$(VcpkgAutoLink)' != 'false'">%(AdditionalDependencies);$(VcpkgRoot)debug\lib\*.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Release')) and '$(VcpkgAutoLink)' != 'false'">%(AdditionalDependencies);$(VcpkgRoot)lib\*.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Release'))">%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(VcpkgRoot)lib;$(VcpkgRoot)lib\manual-link</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Debug'))">%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(VcpkgRoot)debug\lib;$(VcpkgRoot)debug\lib\manual-link</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
     <ClCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(VcpkgRoot)include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
     <WriteLinesToFile
     File="$(TLogLocation)$(ProjectName).write.1u.tlog"
     Lines="^$(TargetPath);$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(ProjectDir),$(IntDir)))vcpkg.applocal.log" Encoding="Unicode"/>
-    <Exec Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'Debug'"
+    <Exec Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Debug'))"
       Command="powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -noprofile -File %22$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)applocal.ps1%22 %22$(TargetPath)%22 %22$(VcpkgRoot)debug\bin%22 %22$(TLogLocation)$(ProjectName).write.1u.tlog%22 %22$(IntDir)vcpkg.applocal.log%22"
       StandardOutputImportance="Normal">
     </Exec>
-    <Exec Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'Release'"
+    <Exec Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Release'))"
       Command="powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -noprofile -File %22$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)applocal.ps1%22 %22$(TargetPath)%22 %22$(VcpkgRoot)bin%22 %22$(TLogLocation)$(ProjectName).write.1u.tlog%22 %22$(IntDir)vcpkg.applocal.log%22"
       StandardOutputImportance="Normal">
     </Exec>