diff --git a/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua b/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
index 16df6ef9..062754b1 100644
--- a/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
+++ b/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 			m.keyword,
 			m.projectName,
 			m.targetPlatformVersion,
+			m.preferredToolArchitecture
 		}
 	end
 
@@ -2172,6 +2173,15 @@
 	end
 
 
+	function m.preferredToolArchitecture(prj)
+		if prj.preferredtoolarchitecture == p.X86_64 then
+			m.element("PreferredToolArchitecture", nil, 'x64')
+		elseif prj.preferredtoolarchitecture == p.X86 then
+			m.element("PreferredToolArchitecture", nil, 'x86')
+		end
+	end
+
+
 	function m.treatLinkerWarningAsErrors(cfg)
 		if cfg.flags.FatalLinkWarnings then
 			local el = iif(cfg.kind == p.STATICLIB, "Lib", "Linker")
diff --git a/src/_premake_init.lua b/src/_premake_init.lua
index 74c3b4a5..8c7387ab 100644
--- a/src/_premake_init.lua
+++ b/src/_premake_init.lua
@@ -1244,6 +1244,17 @@
 		kind = "boolean",
 	}
 
+	api.register {
+		name = "preferredtoolarchitecture",
+		scope = "workspace",
+		kind = "string",
+		allowed = {
+			"Default",
+			p.X86,
+			p.X86_64,
+		}
+	}
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --
 -- Field name aliases for backward compatibility