diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
index 9f2c797a9..ebd9ce0b9 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
@@ -330,6 +330,35 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_CHECK lang file)
       endif()
     endforeach()
 
+    # Detect the exact architecture from the PE header.
+    if(WIN32)
+      # The offset to the PE signature is stored at 0x3c.
+      file(READ ${file} peoffsethex LIMIT 1 OFFSET 60 HEX)
+      string(SUBSTRING "${peoffsethex}" 0 1 peoffsethex1)
+      string(SUBSTRING "${peoffsethex}" 1 1 peoffsethex2)
+      set(peoffsetexpression "${peoffsethex1} * 16 + ${peoffsethex2}")
+      string(REPLACE "a" "10" peoffsetexpression "${peoffsetexpression}")
+      string(REPLACE "b" "11" peoffsetexpression "${peoffsetexpression}")
+      string(REPLACE "c" "12" peoffsetexpression "${peoffsetexpression}")
+      string(REPLACE "d" "13" peoffsetexpression "${peoffsetexpression}")
+      string(REPLACE "e" "14" peoffsetexpression "${peoffsetexpression}")
+      string(REPLACE "f" "15" peoffsetexpression "${peoffsetexpression}")
+      math(EXPR peoffset "${peoffsetexpression}")
+
+      file(READ ${file} peheader LIMIT 6 OFFSET ${peoffset} HEX)
+      if(peheader STREQUAL "50450000a201")
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_ID "SH3")
+      elseif(peheader STREQUAL "50450000a301")
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_ID "SH3DSP")
+      elseif(peheader STREQUAL "50450000a601")
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_ID "SH4")
+      elseif(peheader STREQUAL "50450000a801")
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_ID "SH5")
+      elseif(peheader STREQUAL "50450000c201")
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_ID "THUMB")
+      endif()
+    endif()
+
     # Check if a valid compiler and platform were found.
     if(COMPILER_ID AND NOT COMPILER_ID_TWICE)
       set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID "${COMPILER_ID}")
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
index 9f9757058..1a2d3e989 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
@@ -171,13 +171,6 @@ set(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG ${MSVC_C_ARCHITECTURE_ID})
 if(NOT _MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG)
   set(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG ${MSVC_CXX_ARCHITECTURE_ID})
 endif()
-if(WINCE)
-  if(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG MATCHES "ARM")
-    set(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG "THUMB")
-  elseif(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG MATCHES "SH")
-    set(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG "SH4")
-  endif()
-endif()
 set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT
     "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} /machine:${_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG}")