diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index d897c56a4..553f9911e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class DotnetCoreInstaller {
                     command += ` -ProxyBypassList ${process.env['no_proxy']}`;
                 }
                 // process.env must be explicitly passed in for DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR to be used
-                const powershellPath = yield io.which('powershell', true);
+                const powershellPath = (yield io.which('pwsh', false)) || (yield io.which('powershell', true));
                 var options = {
                     listeners: {
                         stdout: (data) => {
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index c25d23a0a..d5911d9f2 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ export class DotnetCoreInstaller {
       }
 
       // process.env must be explicitly passed in for DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR to be used
-      const powershellPath = await io.which('powershell', true);
+      const powershellPath =
+        (await io.which('pwsh', false)) || (await io.which('powershell', true));
 
       var options: ExecOptions = {
         listeners: {