diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 98f19369..914c550c 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ jobs:
       pip install meson
     displayName: 'Setup'
   - script: |
-      meson setup build-shared --buildtype=release --backend=vs2017
+      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+      meson setup build-shared --buildtype=release
     displayName: 'Prepare shared build'
   - task: MSBuild@1
     inputs: