diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
index 9a01beb5ad..f728dc737f 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
@@ -3,7 +3,29 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VcpkgPropsImported>true</VcpkgPropsImported>
     <VcpkgEnabled Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == ''">true</VcpkgEnabled>
-    <VcpkgConfiguration Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == ''">$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Set the default value of $(VcpkgConfiguration) according to $(UseDebugLibraries) and $(Configuration) -->
+  <Choose>
+    <When Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' != ''" />
+    <When Condition="'$(UseDebugLibraries)' == ''">
+      <PropertyGroup>
+        <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
+      </PropertyGroup>
+    </When>
+    <When Condition="'$(UseDebugLibraries)' == 'true'">
+      <PropertyGroup>
+        <VcpkgConfiguration>Debug</VcpkgConfiguration>
+      </PropertyGroup>
+    </When>
+    <Otherwise>
+      <PropertyGroup>
+        <VcpkgConfiguration>Release</VcpkgConfiguration>
+      </PropertyGroup>
+    </Otherwise>
+  </Choose>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
     <VcpkgUseStatic Condition="'$(VcpkgUseStatic)' == ''">false</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgRoot)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..'))</VcpkgRoot>
 
diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 3e26f67f94..9719f388ee 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
   <Target Name="VcpkgTripletSelection" BeforeTargets="ClCompile">
     <Message Text="Using triplet &quot;$(VcpkgTriplet)&quot; from &quot;$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)&quot;"
              Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'"/>
+    <Message Text="Using normalized configuration &quot;$(_ZVcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)&quot;"
+             Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'"/>
     <Message Text="Not using Vcpkg because VcpkgEnabled is &quot;$(VcpkgEnabled)&quot;"
              Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' != 'true'"/>
     <Message Text="Vcpkg is unable to link because we cannot decide between Release and Debug libraries. Please define the property VcpkgConfiguration to be 'Release' or 'Debug' (currently '$(VcpkgConfiguration)')."