diff --git a/src/lv_misc/lv_types.h b/src/lv_misc/lv_types.h
index d2db4e39f..361b0d749 100644
--- a/src/lv_misc/lv_types.h
+++ b/src/lv_misc/lv_types.h
@@ -17,20 +17,26 @@ extern "C" {
 /*********************
  *      DEFINES
  *********************/
-// Check windows
-#ifdef _WIN64
+
+#if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L  // If c99 or newer, use stdint.h to determine arch size
+#include <stdint.h> 
+#endif
+
+
+// If __UINTPTR_MAX__ or UINTPTR_MAX are available, use them to determine arch size
+#if defined(__UINTPTR_MAX__) && __UINTPTR_MAX__ > 0xFFFFFFFF
 #define LV_ARCH_64
-#endif
 
-/* Check GCC */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc64__)
+#elif defined(UINTPTR_MAX) && UINTPTR_MAX > 0xFFFFFFFF
 #define LV_ARCH_64
-#endif
+
+// Otherwise use compiler-dependent means to determine arch size
+#elif defined(_WIN64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc64__) || defined (__aarch64__)
+#define LV_ARCH_64
+
 #endif
 
-#define LV_UNUNSED(x) (void)x;
-
+          
 /**********************
  *      TYPEDEFS
  **********************/
@@ -45,12 +51,24 @@ enum {
 };
 typedef uint8_t lv_res_t;
 
+
+
+#if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L  
+// If c99 or newer,  use the definition of uintptr_t directly from <stdint.h> 
+typedef uintptr_t lv_uintptr_t;
+
+#else
+
+// Otherwise, use the arch size determination
 #ifdef LV_ARCH_64
 typedef uint64_t lv_uintptr_t;
 #else
 typedef uint32_t lv_uintptr_t;
 #endif
 
+#endif
+
+
 /**********************
  * GLOBAL PROTOTYPES
  **********************/
@@ -64,3 +82,4 @@ typedef uint32_t lv_uintptr_t;
 #endif
 
 #endif /*LV_TYPES_H*/
+