diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index 32d77523ca..d8e2f20335 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
 
     // set the target_arch variable
     variables.target_arch = gyp.opts.arch || process.arch || 'ia32'
+    if (variables.target_arch == 'arm64') {
+      defaults['msvs_configuration_platform'] = 'ARM64'
+    }
 
     // set the node development directory
     variables.nodedir = nodeDir