diff --git a/PCbuild/pyproject.props b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
index 25cdfcc926b..f32b1bf5438 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Condition="$(ICCBuild) == 'true'">
+      <FloatingPointModel>Strict</FloatingPointModel>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
index 862f04103c3..4d8f6039ff3 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.props
+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
     Use the latest available version of Visual Studio to build. To override
     this and build with an earlier version, pass "/p:PlatformToolset=v100"
     (for example) when building.
+
+    We set BasePlatformToolset for ICC's benefit, it's otherwise ignored.
     -->
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath14)' != ''">v140</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath12)' != ''">v120</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath11)' != ''">v110</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath10)' != ''">v100</PlatformToolset>
-    
+    <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath14)' != ''">v140</BasePlatformToolset>
+    <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath12)' != ''">v120</BasePlatformToolset>
+    <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath11)' != ''">v110</BasePlatformToolset>
+    <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath10)' != ''">v100</BasePlatformToolset>
+
+    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(PlatformToolset)' == ''">$(BasePlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
+    <ICCBuild>false</ICCBuild>
+    <ICCBuild Condition="$(PlatformToolset.StartsWith(`Intel C++ Compiler`))">true</ICCBuild>
+
     <!--
     Convincing MSVC/MSBuild to prefer our platform names is too difficult,
     so we define our own constant ArchName and use wherever we need it.