diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dffce659..f817b6b51 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # The full license is in the file LICENSE, distributed with this software. #
 ############################################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(xsimd)
 option(XSIMD_REFACTORING ON)
 
diff --git a/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp b/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp
index 70d065292..3a1fbe17f 100644
--- a/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp
+++ b/include/xsimd/config/xsimd_config.hpp
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 
 #endif
 
-#if XSIMD_WITH_SSE3 || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64) || (defined(_M_IX86_FP) && _M_IX86_FP >= 2)
+#if XSIMD_WITH_SSE3 || ((defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64)) && !defined(_M_ARM64EC)) || (defined(_M_IX86_FP) && _M_IX86_FP >= 2)
 #undef XSIMD_WITH_SSE2
 #define XSIMD_WITH_SSE2 1
 #endif