diff --git a/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Nodes/OptionsNode.cs b/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Nodes/OptionsNode.cs
index 9a420c59..3aec7337 100644
--- a/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Nodes/OptionsNode.cs
+++ b/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Nodes/OptionsNode.cs
@@ -506,6 +506,24 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Nodes
 			}
 		}
 
+        [OptionNode("PlatformTarget")]
+        private string m_PlatformTarget = "Any CPU";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        public string PlatformTarget
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return m_PlatformTarget;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                m_PlatformTarget = value;
+            }
+        }
+
 		private StringCollection m_FieldsDefined;
 
 		#endregion
diff --git a/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Targets/VSGenericTarget.cs b/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Targets/VSGenericTarget.cs
index ec642b64..28803d45 100644
--- a/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Targets/VSGenericTarget.cs
+++ b/Programs/Prebuild/src/Core/Targets/VSGenericTarget.cs
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ namespace Prebuild.Core.Targets
 					ps.WriteLine("    <WarningLevel>{0}</WarningLevel>", conf.Options["WarningLevel"]);
 					ps.WriteLine("    <NoStdLib>{0}</NoStdLib>", conf.Options["NoStdLib"]);
 					ps.WriteLine("    <NoWarn>{0}</NoWarn>", conf.Options["SuppressWarnings"]);
+                    ps.WriteLine("    <PlatformTarget>{0}</PlatformTarget>", conf.Options.PlatformTarget);
 					ps.WriteLine("  </PropertyGroup>");
 				}
 
diff --git a/Programs/Prebuild/src/data/prebuild-1.7.xsd b/Programs/Prebuild/src/data/prebuild-1.7.xsd
index 27dcba14..a274a33c 100644
--- a/Programs/Prebuild/src/data/prebuild-1.7.xsd
+++ b/Programs/Prebuild/src/data/prebuild-1.7.xsd
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
         <xs:element name="FileAlignment" type="xs:integer" minOccurs="0" />
         <xs:element name="NoStdLib" type="xs:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
         <xs:element name="KeyFile" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
+        <xs:element name="PlatformTarget" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
       </xs:all>
     </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>