diff --git a/conan/tools/microsoft/msbuilddeps.py b/conan/tools/microsoft/msbuilddeps.py
index 183bf0e36e9..27ef2a2628b 100644
--- a/conan/tools/microsoft/msbuilddeps.py
+++ b/conan/tools/microsoft/msbuilddeps.py
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 VALID_LIB_EXTENSIONS = (".so", ".lib", ".a", ".dylib", ".bc")
 
 
+def msbuild_arch(arch):
+    return {'x86': 'x86',
+            'x86_64': 'x64',
+            'armv7': 'ARM',
+            'armv8': 'ARM64'}.get(str(arch))
+
+
 class MSBuildDeps(object):
 
     _vars_props = textwrap.dedent("""\
@@ -105,10 +112,7 @@ class MSBuildDeps(object):
     def __init__(self, conanfile):
         self._conanfile = conanfile
         self.configuration = conanfile.settings.build_type
-        self.platform = {'x86': 'Win32',
-                         'x86_64': 'x64',
-                         'armv8': 'ARM64',
-                         }.get(str(conanfile.settings.arch))
+        self.platform = msbuild_arch(conanfile.settings.arch)
         # ca_exclude section
         # TODO: Accept single strings, not lists
         self.exclude_code_analysis = self._conanfile.conf.get("tools.microsoft.msbuilddeps:exclude_code_analysis",