diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 92052cf49b..f5b33dde05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
           - windows-2022
         platform:
           - arch: win64
-            config: VC-WIN64A enable-fips
+            config: enable-fips
           - arch: win32
-            config: VC-WIN32 --strict-warnings no-fips
+            config: --strict-warnings no-fips
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: config
       working-directory: _build
       run: |
-        perl ..\Configure --banner=Configured no-makedepend no-bulk no-deprecated no-fips no-asm -DOPENSSL_SMALL_FOOTPRINT VC-WIN64A
+        perl ..\Configure --banner=Configured no-makedepend no-bulk no-deprecated no-fips no-asm -DOPENSSL_SMALL_FOOTPRINT
         perl configdata.pm --dump
     - name: build
       working-directory: _build
diff --git a/util/perl/OpenSSL/config.pm b/util/perl/OpenSSL/config.pm
index 874e6e6a52..fb8fb115b3 100755
--- a/util/perl/OpenSSL/config.pm
+++ b/util/perl/OpenSSL/config.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ my $SYSTEM;
 my $VERSION;
 my $CCVENDOR;
 my $CCVER;
+my $CL_ARCH;
 my $GCC_BITS;
 my $GCC_ARCH;
 
@@ -378,6 +379,22 @@ sub determine_compiler_settings {
                 $CCVER = $v;
             }
         }
+
+        # 'Windows NT' is the system name according to POSIX::uname()!
+        if ( $SYSTEM eq "Windows NT" ) {
+            # favor vendor cl over gcc
+            if (IPC::Cmd::can_run('cl')) {
+                $CC = 'cl';
+                $CCVENDOR = ''; # Determine later
+                $CCVER = 0;
+
+                my $v = `cl 2>&1`;
+                if ( $v =~ /Microsoft .* Version ([0-9\.]+) for (x86|x64|ARM|ia64)/ ) {
+                    $CCVER = $1;
+                    $CL_ARCH = $2;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     # If no C compiler has been determined at this point, we die.  Hard.
@@ -884,9 +901,33 @@ EOF
       ],
 
       # Windows values found by looking at Perl 5's win32/win32.c
-      [ 'amd64-.*?-Windows NT',   { target => 'VC-WIN64A' } ],
-      [ 'ia64-.*?-Windows NT',    { target => 'VC-WIN64I' } ],
-      [ 'x86-.*?-Windows NT',     { target => 'VC-WIN32'  } ],
+      [ '(amd64|ia64|x86|ARM)-.*?-Windows NT',
+        sub {
+            # If we determined the arch by asking cl, take that value,
+            # otherwise the SYSTEM we got from from POSIX::uname().
+            my $arch = $CL_ARCH // $1;
+            my $config;
+
+            if ($arch) {
+                $config = { 'amd64' => { target => 'VC-WIN64A'    },
+                            'ia64'  => { target => 'VC-WIN64I'    },
+                            'x86'   => { target => 'VC-WIN32'     },
+                            'x64'   => { target => 'VC-WIN64A'    },
+                            'ARM'   => { target => 'VC-WIN64-ARM' },
+                          } -> {$arch};
+                die <<_____ unless defined $config;
+ERROR
+I do not know how to handle ${arch}.
+_____
+            }
+            die <<_____ unless defined $config;
+ERROR
+Could not figure out the architecture.
+_____
+
+            return $config;
+        }
+      ],
 
       # VMS values found by observation on existing machinery.
       # Unfortunately, the machine part is a bit...  overdone.  It seems,