diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 26c8cea6..92ae24d3 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -53,7 +53,17 @@ doc = [
 	'COPYING'
 ]
 
-defenv = Environment()
+######################################################################
+#######  Build Environment                                         ###
+######################################################################
+
+toolset = ARGUMENTS.get('TOOLSET', '')
+
+if toolset:
+	defenv = Environment(TOOLS = toolset.split(',') + ['zip'])
+else:
+	defenv = Environment()
+
 Export('defenv')
 
 ######################################################################
@@ -125,6 +135,7 @@ opts.Add(ListOption('SKIPMISC', 'A list of plug-ins that will not be built', 'no
 opts.Add(ListOption('SKIPDOC', 'A list of doc files that will not be built/installed', 'none', doc))
 opts.Add(('SKIPTESTS', 'A comma-separated list of test files that will not be ran', 'none'))
 # build tools
+opts.Add(('TOOLSET', 'A comma-separated list specific tools used for building instead of the default', None))
 opts.Add(BoolOption('MSTOOLKIT', 'Use Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit', 'no'))
 opts.Add(BoolOption('CHMDOCS', 'Build CHM documentation, requires hhc.exe', hhc))
 opts.Add(PathOption('APPEND_CPPPATH', 'Additional paths to search for include files', None))