diff --git a/lib/general.sh b/lib/general.sh
index 52b222c7d6..e08f28e11d 100644
--- a/lib/general.sh
+++ b/lib/general.sh
@@ -1302,7 +1302,11 @@ prepare_host()
 	fi
 
 	if grep -qE "(Microsoft|WSL)" /proc/version; then
-		exit_with_error "Windows subsystem for Linux is not a supported build environment"
+		if [ -f /.dockerenv ]; then
+			display_alert "Building images using Docker on WSL2 may fail" "" "wrn"
+		else
+			exit_with_error "Windows subsystem for Linux is not a supported build environment"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 # build aarch64