diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b7c7c48ab..25a5ef57e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,14 +65,16 @@ function(detect_architecture symbol arch)
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
-if (MSVC)
-    detect_architecture("_M_AMD64" x86_64)
-    detect_architecture("_M_IX86" x86)
-    detect_architecture("_M_ARM" ARM)
-else()
-    detect_architecture("__x86_64__" x86_64)
-    detect_architecture("__i386__" x86)
-    detect_architecture("__arm__" ARM)
+if (NOT ENABLE_GENERIC)
+    if (MSVC)
+        detect_architecture("_M_AMD64" x86_64)
+        detect_architecture("_M_IX86" x86)
+        detect_architecture("_M_ARM" ARM)
+    else()
+        detect_architecture("__x86_64__" x86_64)
+        detect_architecture("__i386__" x86)
+        detect_architecture("__arm__" ARM)
+    endif()
 endif()
 if (NOT DEFINED ARCHITECTURE)
     set(ARCHITECTURE "GENERIC")