diff --git a/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp b/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp
index 0fb43745d7..a5eecef261 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/tools.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
             cmd.string_arg(cache.get_tool_path(Tools::MONO, status_sink));
 #endif // ^^^ !_WIN32
-            cmd.string_arg(exe_path);
+            cmd.string_arg(exe_path).string_arg("help").string_arg("-ForceEnglishOutput");
             return run_to_extract_version(Tools::NUGET, exe_path, std::move(cmd))
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
                 .map_error([](LocalizedString&& error) {