1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 87e15363818..54d0a23dec5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -187,8 +187,23 @@ def format_build_time(duration):
     return str(datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(duration)))
 
 
-def default_build_triple():
+def default_build_triple(verbose):
     """Build triple as in LLVM"""
+    # If the user already has a host build triple with an existing `rustc`
+    # install, use their preference. This fixes most issues with Windows builds
+    # being detected as GNU instead of MSVC.
+    try:
+        version = subprocess.check_output(["rustc", "--version", "--verbose"])
+        host = next(x for x in version.split('\n') if x.startswith("host: "))
+        triple = host.split("host: ")[1]
+        if verbose:
+            print("detected default triple {}".format(triple))
+        return triple
+    except Exception as e:
+        if verbose:
+            print("rustup not detected: {}".format(e))
+            print("falling back to auto-detect")
+
     default_encoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()
     required = sys.platform != 'win32'
     ostype = require(["uname", "-s"], exit=required)
@@ -831,7 +846,7 @@ class RustBuild(object):
         config = self.get_toml('build')
         if config:
             return config
-        return default_build_triple()
+        return default_build_triple(self.verbose)
 
     def check_submodule(self, module, slow_submodules):
         if not slow_submodules: