diff --git a/tools/update-deps b/tools/update-deps
index 397c8df7..f25502fd 100755
--- a/tools/update-deps
+++ b/tools/update-deps
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def updateV8():
 	win32Env = os.environ.copy()
 	win32Env['DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN'] = '0'
 	win32Env['GYP_MSVS_VERSION'] = '2015'
+	win32Env['GYP_GENERATORS'] = 'msvs'
 
 	open(os.path.join(kV8Work, '.update-deps-branch'), 'w').write(kV8Branch)
 	run(['git', 'fetch'], cwd=kV8Work)