diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
index f9f5511f0d24c0..f0806025da4ccd 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <!-- Manifest files -->
     <VcpkgEnableManifest Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == ''">false</VcpkgEnableManifest>
     <VcpkgManifestInstall Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestInstall)' == ''">true</VcpkgManifestInstall>
-    <VcpkgManifestRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != ''">$([MSbuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildProjectDirectory), vcpkg.json))</VcpkgManifestRoot>
+    <VcpkgManifestRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' == ''">$([MSbuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildProjectDirectory), vcpkg.json))</VcpkgManifestRoot>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 488fd070c2534d..3c0791aabb6f6a 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -13,12 +13,19 @@
     <!-- Note: Overwrite VcpkgPageSchema with a non-existing path to disable the VcPkg property sheet in your projects -->
     <VcpkgPageSchema Condition="'$(VcpkgPageSchema)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgRoot), 'scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\vcpkg-general.xml'))</VcpkgPageSchema>
 
+    <VcpkgRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgRoot)' != '' and !$(VcpkgRoot.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgRoot)\</VcpkgRoot>
+    <VcpkgManifestRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != '' and !$(VcpkgManifestRoot.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgManifestRoot)\</VcpkgManifestRoot>
+
     <VcpkgInstalledDir>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgRoot), 'installed'))</VcpkgInstalledDir>
     <VcpkgInstalledDir Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true'">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgManifestRoot), 'vcpkg_installed'))</VcpkgInstalledDir>
+    <VcpkgInstalledDir Condition="!$(VcpkgInstalledDir.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgInstalledDir)\</VcpkgInstalledDir>
+
     <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir Condition="'$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgInstalledDir), $(VcpkgTriplet)))</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
     <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir Condition="!$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)\</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
+
     <VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Debug'))">Debug</VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration>
     <VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Release')) or '$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'RelWithDebInfo' or '$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'MinSizeRel'">Release</VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration>
+
     <VcpkgConfigSubdir Condition="'$(VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)' == 'Debug'">debug\</VcpkgConfigSubdir>
     <VcpkgApplocalDeps Condition="'$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == ''">true</VcpkgApplocalDeps>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -44,9 +51,9 @@
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
   <Target Name="VcpkgCheckManifestRoot" BeforeTargets="VcpkgInstallManifestDependencies" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
-    <Error Text="The Vcpkg manifest was enabled, but we couldn't find a manifest file (vcpkg.json) in any directories above $(MSBuildProjectDirectory). Please add a manifest, disable manifests in your properties page, or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=false."
+    <Error Text="The vcpkg manifest was enabled, but we couldn't find a manifest file (vcpkg.json) in any directories above $(MSBuildProjectDirectory). Please add a manifest, disable manifests in your properties page, or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=false."
            Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' == ''" />
-    <Message Text="The Vcpkg manifest was disabled, but we found a manifest file in $(VcpkgManifestRoot). You may want to enable vcpkg manifests in your properties page or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=true to the msbuild invocation."
+    <Message Text="The vcpkg manifest was disabled, but we found a manifest file in $(VcpkgManifestRoot). You may want to enable vcpkg manifests in your properties page or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=true to the msbuild invocation."
              Importance="High" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' != 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != ''" />
   </Target>