diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.ModelLib.vcxproj b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.ModelLib.vcxproj
index 1df6187544..8ee88a2c01 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.ModelLib.vcxproj
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/Microsoft.Terminal.Settings.ModelLib.vcxproj
@@ -325,6 +325,13 @@
   <Import Project="$(OpenConsoleDir)src\cppwinrt.build.post.props" />
   <Import Project="$(OpenConsoleDir)src\common.nugetversions.targets" />
 
+  <!-- PowerShell version check, outputs error if the wrong version is installed. -->
+  <Target Name="_WindowsPowershellVersionCheck" BeforeTargets="BeforeClCompile">
+    <Exec Command="powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted &quot;$(OpenConsoleDir)\tools\WindowsCheckPSVersion.ps1&quot;" />
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="_PowershellVersionCheck" BeforeTargets="BeforeClCompile">
+    <Exec Command="pwsh.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted &quot;$(OpenConsoleDir)\tools\CheckPSVersion.ps1&quot;" />
+  </Target>
   <!-- This target will take our defaults.json and stamp it into a .h file that
   we can include in the code directly. This way, we don't need to worry about
   failing to load the default settings at runtime. -->
diff --git a/tools/CheckPSVersion.ps1 b/tools/CheckPSVersion.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffde273393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/CheckPSVersion.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 7){
+   Write-Error "Incorrect version of PowerShell installed.`nMake sure you have at least PowerShell Core 7.0.0."
+   Exit 1 
+}
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diff --git a/tools/WindowsCheckPSVersion.ps1 b/tools/WindowsCheckPSVersion.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc2b78dbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/WindowsCheckPSVersion.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if(-not (Get-Command "pwsh.exe" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)){
+    Write-Error "Incorrect version of PowerShell installed.`nMake sure you have at least PowerShell Core 7.0.0."
+}
\ No newline at end of file