diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-2020-06-11-17-03-06-master.json b/change/react-native-windows-2020-06-11-17-03-06-master.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b11b557ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-2020-06-11-17-03-06-master.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Fix file lock issue wiht msbuild /bl flag and the metro bundler",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "dannyvv@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch",
+  "date": "2020-06-12T00:03:06.389Z"
+}
diff --git a/vnext/metro.config.js b/vnext/metro.config.js
index 9ec73254b19..669f6038235 100644
--- a/vnext/metro.config.js
+++ b/vnext/metro.config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const rnwPath = __dirname;
 const {resolve} = require('metro-resolver');
+const blacklist = require('metro-config/src/defaults/blacklist');
 
 function reactNativePlatformResolver(platformImplementations) {
   return (context, _realModuleName, platform, moduleName) => {
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ module.exports = {
       // Redirect react-native-windows to this folder
       'react-native-windows': rnwPath,
     },
+    blacklistRE: blacklist([
+      // Avoid error EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open '...\vnext\msbuild.ProjectImports.zip' when building 'vnext\Microsoft.ReactNative.sln' with '/bl'
+      /.*\.ProjectImports\.zip/,
+    ]),
   },
 
   transformer: {