diff --git a/Cpp.Build.props b/Cpp.Build.props
index 99738fd0dc..06381ae713 100644
--- a/Cpp.Build.props
+++ b/Cpp.Build.props
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <PreferredToolArchitecture Condition="'$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)' == 'ARM64' or '$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432)' == 'ARM64'">arm64</PreferredToolArchitecture>
     <VcpkgEnabled>false</VcpkgEnabled>
     <ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>true</ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>
-    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\deps\;$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\packages\;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
+    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\deps\;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\packages\;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
     <!-- Enable control flow guard for C++ projects that don't consume any C++ files -->
     <!-- This covers the case where a .dll exports a .lib, but doesn't have any ClCompile entries. -->
     <LinkControlFlowGuard>Guard</LinkControlFlowGuard>