diff --git a/src/libs/utils/hostosinfo.cpp b/src/libs/utils/hostosinfo.cpp
index 78ed7f22867..48518f8fc1a 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/hostosinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/hostosinfo.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ HostOsInfo::HostArchitecture HostOsInfo::hostArchitecture()
     case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64:
         return HostOsInfo::HostArchitectureItanium;
     case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ARM:
+    case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ARM64:
         return HostOsInfo::HostArchitectureArm;
     default:
         return HostOsInfo::HostArchitectureUnknown;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
index c4eae8b7903..bfafaa83f65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
@@ -158,12 +158,23 @@ static bool hostSupportsPlatform(MsvcToolChain::Platform platform)
 {
     if (hostPrefersPlatform(platform))
         return true;
+
+    switch (HostOsInfo::hostArchitecture()) {
     // The x86 host toolchains are not the preferred toolchains on amd64 but they are still
     // supported by that host
-    return HostOsInfo::hostArchitecture() == HostOsInfo::HostArchitectureAMD64
-           && (platform == MsvcToolChain::x86 || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_amd64
+    case HostOsInfo::HostArchitectureAMD64:
+        return platform == MsvcToolChain::x86 || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_amd64
                || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_ia64 || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_arm
-               || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_arm64);
+               || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_arm64;
+    // The Arm64 host can run the cross-compilers via emulation of x86 and amd64
+    case HostOsInfo::HostArchitectureArm:
+        return platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_arm || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_arm64
+               || platform == MsvcToolChain::amd64_arm || platform == MsvcToolChain::amd64_arm64
+               || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86 || platform == MsvcToolChain::x86_amd64
+               || platform == MsvcToolChain::amd64 || platform == MsvcToolChain::amd64_x86;
+    default:
+        return false;
+    }
 }
 
 static QString fixRegistryPath(const QString &path)