diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 10ce6e982..65c37917e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -136,10 +136,15 @@ jobs:
       run: ./_build/test/test_xsimd
 
   build-windows-arm64:
-    name: 'MSVC arm64'
+    name: 'MSVC arm64 ${{ matrix.abi.name }}'
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash {0}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        abi:
+          - { name: "native", cflags: "" }
+          - { name: "arm64ec", cflags: " /arm64EC" }
     runs-on: windows-11-arm
     steps:
     - name: Setup compiler
@@ -154,6 +159,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Setup
       run: cmake -B _build -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DDOWNLOAD_DOCTEST=ON -DBUILD_BENCHMARK=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G Ninja
+      env:
+        CFLAGS: ${{ matrix.abi.cflags }}
+        CXXFLAGS: ${{ matrix.abi.cflags }}
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build _build
     - name: Testing xsimd
diff --git a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
index 79ad30de8..7fe45a3fd 100644
--- a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif()
 if(MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /EHsc /MP /bigobj")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /arch:AVX2")
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS /MANIFEST:NO)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
     foreach(flag_var
             CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
             CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO)
diff --git a/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp b/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp
index 4bd2a341b..4107a57b7 100644
--- a/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp
+++ b/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  *
  * Set to 1 if the target is the x86 architecture family.
  */
-#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_IX86)
+#if (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_IX86)) && !defined(_M_ARM64EC)
 #define XSIMD_TARGET_X86 1
 #else
 #define XSIMD_TARGET_X86 0
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
  *
  * Set to 1 if the target is in the ARM architecture family in 64 bits, to 0 otherwise
  */
-#if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
+#if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64) || defined(_M_ARM64EC)
 #define XSIMD_TARGET_ARM64 1
 #else
 #define XSIMD_TARGET_ARM64 0
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a34dafde9..003d31201 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ endif()
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /EHsc /MP /bigobj")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4005 /wd4146 /wd4800")
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS /MANIFEST:NO)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES Clang AND MSVC AND WIN32) # We are using clang-cl
     add_compile_options(/EHsc /bigobj)
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS /MANIFEST:NO)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
 endif()
 
 set(XSIMD_TESTS