diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 57784c79e3..5bc1ffe0a2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "watch-windows": "bun run zig build check-windows --watch -fincremental --prominent-compile-errors --global-cache-dir build/debug/zig-check-cache --zig-lib-dir vendor/zig/lib",
     "bd:v": "(bun run --silent build:debug &> /tmp/bun.debug.build.log || (cat /tmp/bun.debug.build.log && rm -rf /tmp/bun.debug.build.log && exit 1)) && rm -f /tmp/bun.debug.build.log && ./build/debug/bun-debug",
     "bd": "BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun --silent bd:v",
-    "build:debug": "bun scripts/glob-sources.mjs > /dev/null && bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -B build/debug",
+    "build:debug": "export COMSPEC=\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe\" && bun scripts/glob-sources.mjs > /dev/null && bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -B build/debug",
     "build:debug:asan": "bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_ASAN=ON -B build/debug-asan",
     "build:release": "bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B build/release",
     "build:ci": "bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCI=true -B build/release-ci --verbose --fresh",