diff --git a/build/build.ps1 b/build/build.ps1
index d2c505dede..c23b492be7 100644
--- a/build/build.ps1
+++ b/build/build.ps1
@@ -362,6 +362,26 @@
     $this.TempStoreFile("$($this.SolutionRoot)\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\web.config")
     Write-Host "Create clean web.config"
     $this.CopyFile("$($this.SolutionRoot)\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\web.Template.config", "$($this.SolutionRoot)\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\web.config")
+    
+    Write-host "Set environment"
+    $env:UMBRACO_VERSION=$this.Version.Semver.ToString()
+    $env:UMBRACO_RELEASE=$this.Version.Release
+    $env:UMBRACO_COMMENT=$this.Version.Comment
+    $env:UMBRACO_BUILD=$this.Version.Build
+    
+    if ($args -and $args[0] -eq "vso")
+    {
+      Write-host "Set VSO environment"
+      # set environment variable for VSO
+      # https://github.com/Microsoft/vsts-tasks/issues/375
+      # https://github.com/Microsoft/vsts-tasks/blob/master/docs/authoring/commands.md
+      Write-Host ("##vso[task.setvariable variable=UMBRACO_VERSION;]$($this.Version.Semver.ToString())")
+      Write-Host ("##vso[task.setvariable variable=UMBRACO_RELEASE;]$($this.Version.Release)")
+      Write-Host ("##vso[task.setvariable variable=UMBRACO_COMMENT;]$($this.Version.Comment)")
+      Write-Host ("##vso[task.setvariable variable=UMBRACO_BUILD;]$($this.Version.Build)")
+
+      Write-Host ("##vso[task.setvariable variable=UMBRACO_TMP;]$($this.SolutionRoot)\build.tmp")
+    }
   })
 
   $ubuild.DefineMethod("PrepareNuGet",