diff --git a/agent/CMakeLists.txt b/agent/CMakeLists.txt
index 23a37fdb3..678aba87b 100644
--- a/agent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/agent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ if(MSVC)
     icinga2setupagent
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/windows-setup-agent/Icinga2SetupAgent.csproj
     TYPE FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC
+    PLATFORM Win32
   )
 
   install(
diff --git a/agent/windows-setup-agent/Icinga2SetupAgent.csproj b/agent/windows-setup-agent/Icinga2SetupAgent.csproj
index e40fe1e6a..a92d61fa3 100644
--- a/agent/windows-setup-agent/Icinga2SetupAgent.csproj
+++ b/agent/windows-setup-agent/Icinga2SetupAgent.csproj
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|Win32' ">
-    <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+    <PlatformTarget>anycpu</PlatformTarget>
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|Win32' ">
-    <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+    <PlatformTarget>anycpu</PlatformTarget>
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'RelWithDebInfo|Win32' ">
-    <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+    <PlatformTarget>anycpu</PlatformTarget>
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\RelWithDebInfo\</OutputPath>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'MinSizeRel|Win32' ">
-    <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+    <PlatformTarget>anycpu</PlatformTarget>
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\MinSizeRel\</OutputPath>