diff --git a/GPL/nativeBuildProperties.gradle b/GPL/nativeBuildProperties.gradle
index f83073e35b..4d887dba10 100644
--- a/GPL/nativeBuildProperties.gradle
+++ b/GPL/nativeBuildProperties.gradle
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ model {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		if (isCurrentWindows() && VISUAL_STUDIO_INSTALL_DIR) {
+			// specify installDir because Gradle doesn't find VS Build Tools.
+			// See https://github.com/gradle/gradle-native/issues/617#issuecomment-575735288
+			visualCpp(VisualCpp) {
+				installDir VISUAL_STUDIO_INSTALL_DIR
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/GPL/vsconfig.gradle b/GPL/vsconfig.gradle
index 915b90ea90..4fe1edc223 100644
--- a/GPL/vsconfig.gradle
+++ b/GPL/vsconfig.gradle
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ def configureVisualStudio() {
 		println "Searching for latest Visual Studio and required components..."
 		def vswherePath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Installer\\vswhere.exe"
 		if (!file(vswherePath).exists()) {
-			println "Visual Studio not found!"
+			println "  -> Visual Studio vswhere.exe not found!"
 			return
 		}
-		def vswhereOutput = "${vswherePath} -latest -format json".execute().text.trim()
+		def vswhereOutput = "${vswherePath} -products * -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -format json".execute().text.trim()
 		def vswhereJson = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(vswhereOutput);
 		if (vswhereJson.isEmpty()) {
-			println "Visual Studio not found!"
+			println "  -> Visual Studio not found!"
 			return
 		}
 		def vsInstallDir = vswhereJson[0].installationPath
diff --git a/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html b/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html
index 20aee4d5b7..06da43fbe2 100644
--- a/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html
+++ b/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html
@@ -326,7 +326,13 @@ system:</p>
   <li>make, gcc, and g++ (Linux/macOS-only)</li>
   <li>
     <a href="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/">Microsoft Visual Studio</a>
-    2017 or later (Windows-only)
+    2017 or later, or <a href="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/">
+    Microsoft C++ Build Tools</a> with the following components installed (Windows-only):
+      <ul>
+        <li>MSVC</li>
+        <li>Windows SDK</li>
+        <li>C++ ATL</li>
+      </ul>
   </li>
 </ul>
 <p>To build the native binaries for your current platform, execute the following script:</p>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99676250d8..e4c7aa9836 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ To create the latest development build for your platform from this source reposi
 * [JDK 17 64-bit][jdk17]
 * [Gradle 7.3+][gradle]
 * make, gcc, and g++ (Linux/macOS-only)
-* [Microsoft Visual Studio][vs] (Windows-only)
+* [Microsoft Visual Studio][vs] or [Microsoft C++ Build Tools][vcbuildtools] with the following
+  components installed (Windows-only):
+  - MSVC
+  - Windows SDK
+  - C++ ATL
 
 ##### Download and extract the source:
 [Download from GitHub][master]
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ source project.
 [jdk17]: https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases
 [gradle]: https://gradle.org/releases/
 [vs]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/
+[vcbuildtools]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
 [eclipse]: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/
 [master]: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
 [security]: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories
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