diff --git a/src/template/fake-template/Content/build.fake.fsx b/src/template/fake-template/Content/build.fake.fsx
index 0195ad2475d..54fd497841c 100644
--- a/src/template/fake-template/Content/build.fake.fsx
+++ b/src/template/fake-template/Content/build.fake.fsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ open Fake.IO.FileSystemOperators
 open Fake.IO.Globbing.Operators
 open Fake.Core.TargetOperators
 
+Target.initEnvironment ()
+
 Target.create "Clean" (fun _ ->
     !! "src/**/bin"
     ++ "src/**/obj"