diff --git a/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
index 6e14f330d7f4d2..e8e4b717b9736f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def _find_vcvarsall(plat_spec):
 
     if best_dir:
         vcredist = os.path.join(best_dir, "..", "..", "redist", "MSVC", "**",
-            vcruntime_plat, "Microsoft.VC141.CRT", "vcruntime140.dll")
+            vcruntime_plat, "Microsoft.VC14*.CRT", "vcruntime140.dll")
         try:
             import glob
             vcruntime = glob.glob(vcredist, recursive=True)[-1]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-09-10-14-17-25.bpo-38088.FOvWSM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-09-10-14-17-25.bpo-38088.FOvWSM.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..37bdeeadd894a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-09-10-14-17-25.bpo-38088.FOvWSM.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixes distutils not finding vcruntime140.dll with only the v142 toolset
+installed.