diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index bef3ba5a..2e71bcb8 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ NAMESPACE_END
 
 // Intrinsics availible in GCC 4.3 (http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html) and
 //   MSVC 2008 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892950%28v=vs.90%29.aspx)
-#if !defined(CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE4) && ((_MSC_VER >= 1500) || defined(__SSE4_2__))
+#if !defined(CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE2) && !defined(CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE4) && (((_MSC_VER >= 1500) && !defined(_M_ARM)) || defined(__SSE4_2__))
 	#define CRYPTOPP_BOOL_SSE4_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE 1
 #else
 	#define CRYPTOPP_BOOL_SSE4_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE 0
diff --git a/config.recommend b/config.recommend
index 21d56ca4..ad845e88 100644
--- a/config.recommend
+++ b/config.recommend
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ NAMESPACE_END
 
 // Intrinsics availible in GCC 4.3 (http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html) and
 //   MSVC 2008 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892950%28v=vs.90%29.aspx)
-#if !defined(CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE4) && ((_MSC_VER >= 1500) || defined(__SSE4_2__))
+#if !defined(CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE2) && !defined(CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE4) && (((_MSC_VER >= 1500) && !defined(_M_ARM)) || defined(__SSE4_2__))
 	#define CRYPTOPP_BOOL_SSE4_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE 1
 #else
 	#define CRYPTOPP_BOOL_SSE4_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE 0