diff --git a/classes/semver.js b/classes/semver.js
index 99dbe82d..c811e3f6 100644
--- a/classes/semver.js
+++ b/classes/semver.js
@@ -291,8 +291,10 @@ class SemVer {
       default:
         throw new Error(`invalid increment argument: ${release}`)
     }
-    this.format()
-    this.raw = this.version
+    this.raw = this.format()
+    if (this.build.length) {
+      this.raw += `+${this.build.join('.')}`
+    }
     return this
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/classes/semver.js b/test/classes/semver.js
index 6be0ac8f..7c644d0e 100644
--- a/test/classes/semver.js
+++ b/test/classes/semver.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test('invalid version numbers', (t) => {
 })
 
 test('incrementing', t => {
-  t.plan(increments.length)
+  t.plan(increments.length + 1)
   increments.forEach(([
     version,
     inc,
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ test('incrementing', t => {
       t.equal(new SemVer(version, options).inc(inc, id, base).version, expect)
     }
   }))
+  t.test('preserve build in raw', t => {
+    // https://github.com/npm/node-semver/issues/562
+    t.plan(2)
+    t.equal(
+      new SemVer('1.0.0-rc.1+build.4').inc('prerelease', 'rc').raw,
+      '1.0.0-rc.2+build.4'
+    )
+    t.equal(
+      new SemVer('1.0.0-rc.1').inc('prerelease', 'rc').raw,
+      '1.0.0-rc.2'
+    )
+  })
 })
 
 test('compare main vs pre', (t) => {