diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa499273c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <AccelerateBuildsInVisualStudio>true</AccelerateBuildsInVisualStudio>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.sln b/Flow.Launcher.sln
index 1d403c5a1f7..df1daf1dd2a 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.sln
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.sln
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		.gitattributes = .gitattributes
 		.gitignore = .gitignore
 		appveyor.yml = appveyor.yml
+		Directory.Build.props = Directory.Build.props
 		Directory.Build.targets = Directory.Build.targets
 		Scripts\flowlauncher.nuspec = Scripts\flowlauncher.nuspec
 		LICENSE = LICENSE