diff --git a/conan.cmake b/conan.cmake
index ad2f20ab..ca0b426a 100644
--- a/conan.cmake
+++ b/conan.cmake
@@ -224,15 +224,15 @@ macro(_conan_detect_compiler)
 
         # Detect 'arch'
         if(NOT _CONAN_SETTING_ARCH)
-            if (MSVC_${LANGUAGE}_ARCHITECTURE_ID MATCHES "64")
+            if (CMAKE_${LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ARCHITECTURE_ID MATCHES "64")
                 set(_CONAN_SETTING_ARCH x86_64)
-            elseif (MSVC_${LANGUAGE}_ARCHITECTURE_ID MATCHES "^ARM")
+            elseif (CMAKE_${LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ARCHITECTURE_ID MATCHES "^ARM")
                 message(STATUS "Conan: Using default ARM architecture from MSVC")
                 set(_CONAN_SETTING_ARCH armv6)
-            elseif (MSVC_${LANGUAGE}_ARCHITECTURE_ID MATCHES "86")
+            elseif (CMAKE_${LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ARCHITECTURE_ID MATCHES "86")
                 set(_CONAN_SETTING_ARCH x86)
             else ()
-                message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan: Unknown MSVC architecture [${MSVC_${LANGUAGE}_ARCHITECTURE_ID}]")
+                message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan: Unknown MSVC architecture [${CMAKE_${LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ARCHITECTURE_ID}]")
             endif()
         endif()