diff --git a/brulib/make.py b/brulib/make.py
index 67859e5..e343690 100644
--- a/brulib/make.py
+++ b/brulib/make.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import glob
+import pdb
 import platform
 import brulib.install
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ def cmd_make(config, verbose, targetPlatform="Native"):
     elif system == 'Linux':
     	if targetPlatform == 'Native':
     		cmd_make_linux(gyp_file, config, verbose)
-    	else: 
+    	else:
         	raise Exception('targetPlatform {} not supported on platform {}'\
         	.format(targetPlatform, system))
     elif system == 'Darwin':
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def get_latest_installed_msvs_version():
     # Let's do (b) for now.
     # See also https://code.google.com/p/gyp/source/browse/trunk/pylib/gyp/MSVSVersion.py
     msvs_versions = []
-    regex = re.compile('^VS([0-10]+)COMNTOOLS$')
+    regex = re.compile('^VS([0-9]+)COMNTOOLS$')
     for key in os.environ:
         match = regex.match(key)
         if match != None:
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ def get_latest_installed_msvs_year():
         90: 2008,
         100: 2010,
         110: 2012,
+        140: 2015,
     }
     if not latest in msvs_version2year:
         print('not sure how to map VC{} to a VS year, defaulting to VS 2012'
@@ -150,7 +152,8 @@ def cmd_make_win(gyp_filename, config):
         raise Exception('did not detect any installs of msbuild, these should'
             ' be part of .NET installations, please install msbuild or .NET')
     # TODO? add /toolsversion:<version> ?
-    msbuild_cmdline = '{} {} /p:Configuration={} /verbosity:minimal'.format(
+    msbuild_cmdline = ('{} {} /p:Configuration={} /verbosity:minimal '
+        + '/p:VisualStudioVersion=2015').format(  # TODO: why doesn't 14.0 work for VS 2015?
         msbuild_exe, sln_filename, config)
     print("running msvs via msbuild: '{}'".format(msbuild_cmdline))
     sys.stdout.flush() # otherwise msbuild log lines show up first