diff --git a/plugins/upd/upd.c b/plugins/upd/upd.c
index 92b7d06e..00319910 100644
--- a/plugins/upd/upd.c
+++ b/plugins/upd/upd.c
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ print_version ()
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		xchat_printf (ph, "An XChat-WDK update is available! You can download it from here:\nhttp://xchat-wdk.googlecode.com/files/XChat-WDK%%20%s.exe\n", version);
+#ifdef _WIN64 /* use this approach, the wProcessorArchitecture method always returns 0 (=x86) for some reason */
+		xchat_printf (ph, "An XChat-WDK update is available! You can download it from here:\nhttp://xchat-wdk.googlecode.com/files/XChat-WDK%%20%s%%20x64.exe\n", version);
+#else
+		xchat_printf (ph, "An XChat-WDK update is available! You can download it from here:\nhttp://xchat-wdk.googlecode.com/files/XChat-WDK%%20%s%%20x86.exe\n", version);
+#endif
 	}
 }