diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 69865807ab8..2a5c8d5464b 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -720,6 +720,9 @@ if selected_platform in platform_list:
 
     # Microsoft Visual Studio Project Generation
     if env["vsproj"]:
+        if os.name != "nt":
+            print("Error: The `vsproj` option is only usable on Windows with Visual Studio.")
+            Exit(255)
         env["CPPPATH"] = [Dir(path) for path in env["CPPPATH"]]
         methods.generate_vs_project(env, GetOption("num_jobs"))
         methods.generate_cpp_hint_file("cpp.hint")