diff --git a/eng/build.ps1 b/eng/build.ps1
index 15fe87ac6f77..5d58d01abc5a 100644
--- a/eng/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/build.ps1
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ if ($BuildManaged -or ($All -and (-not $NoBuildManaged))) {
     }
 }
 
+$CommandLineArguments = $MSBuildArguments
+
 if ($NoBuildDeps) { $MSBuildArguments += "/p:BuildProjectReferences=false" }
 
 $RunBuild = if ($NoBuild) { $false } else { $true }
@@ -478,7 +480,8 @@ try {
             /p:Restore=$RunRestore `
             /p:Build=true `
             /clp:NoSummary `
-            @ToolsetBuildArguments
+            @ToolsetBuildArguments `
+            @CommandLineArguments
     }
 
     if (-not $OnlyBuildRepoTasks) {
diff --git a/eng/build.sh b/eng/build.sh
index a27eaad468f3..eb45d4052eb6 100755
--- a/eng/build.sh
+++ b/eng/build.sh
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     shift
 done
 
+commandline_args=()
+
+if [ ${#msbuild_args[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+    commandline_args=("${msbuild_args[@]}")
+fi
+
 if [ "$build_all" = true ]; then
     msbuild_args[${#msbuild_args[*]}]="-p:BuildAllProjects=true"
 fi
@@ -388,6 +394,10 @@ InitializeToolset
 
 restore=$_tmp_restore=
 
+if [ ${#commandline_args[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+  toolset_build_args+=("${commandline_args[@]}")
+fi
+
 if [ "$build_repo_tasks" = true ]; then
     MSBuild $_InitializeToolset \
         -p:RepoRoot="$repo_root" \