diff --git a/intern/cycles/CMakeLists.txt b/intern/cycles/CMakeLists.txt
index e5a5e9773d3..0dd182526b1 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/intern/cycles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ if(WITH_CYCLES_NATIVE_ONLY)
   if(NOT MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -march=native")
     set(CYCLES_KERNEL_FLAGS "-march=native")
+  else()
+    if(NOT MSVC_NATIVE_ARCH_FLAGS)
+        TRY_RUN(
+            arch_run_result
+            arch_compile_result
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/msvc_arch_flags.c
+            COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE arch_compile_output
+            RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE arch_run_output
+        )
+        if (arch_compile_result AND "${arch_run_result}" EQUAL "0")
+            string(STRIP ${arch_run_output} arch_run_output)
+            set(MSVC_NATIVE_ARCH_FLAGS ${arch_run_output} CACHE STRING "MSVC Native architecture flags")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    set(CYCLES_KERNEL_FLAGS "${MSVC_NATIVE_ARCH_FLAGS}")
   endif()
 elseif(NOT WITH_CPU_SSE)
   set(CXX_HAS_SSE FALSE)
diff --git a/intern/cycles/cmake/msvc_arch_flags.c b/intern/cycles/cmake/msvc_arch_flags.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79dbd3b87ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intern/cycles/cmake/msvc_arch_flags.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2020 Blender Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <isa_availability.h>
+
+/* The MS CRT defines this */
+extern int __isa_available;
+
+const char* get_arch_flags()
+{
+	if (__isa_available >= __ISA_AVAILABLE_AVX2) {
+    return "/arch:AVX2";
+  }
+	if (__isa_available >= __ISA_AVAILABLE_AVX) {
+    return "/arch:AVX";
+  }
+	return "";
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    printf("%s\n", get_arch_flags());
+    return 0;
+}