diff --git a/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h b/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
index ca4c146eca68..75273cb1f64e 100644
--- a/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
+++ b/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
@@ -822,6 +822,8 @@ RETAIL_CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(EXTERNAL_COR_PROFILER_PATH_64, W("COR_PROFILER_PATH
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO_EX(EXTERNAL_CORECLR_ENABLE_PROFILING, W("CORECLR_ENABLE_PROFILING"), 0, "CoreCLR only: Flag to indicate whether profiling should be enabled for the currently running process.", CLRConfig::DontPrependCOMPLUS_ | CLRConfig::IgnoreConfigFiles)
 RETAIL_CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(EXTERNAL_CORECLR_PROFILER, W("CORECLR_PROFILER"), "CoreCLR only: Specifies GUID of profiler to load into currently running process", CLRConfig::DontPrependCOMPLUS_)
 RETAIL_CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(EXTERNAL_CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH, W("CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH"), "CoreCLR only: Specifies the path to the DLL of profiler to load into currently running process", CLRConfig::DontPrependCOMPLUS_)
+RETAIL_CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(EXTERNAL_CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH_32, W("CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH_32"), "CoreCLR only: Specifies the path to the DLL of profiler to load into currently running 32 process", CLRConfig::DontPrependCOMPLUS_)
+RETAIL_CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(EXTERNAL_CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH_64, W("CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH_64"), "CoreCLR only: Specifies the path to the DLL of profiler to load into currently running 64 process", CLRConfig::DontPrependCOMPLUS_)
 RETAIL_CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(EXTERNAL_ProfAPI_ProfilerCompatibilitySetting, W("ProfAPI_ProfilerCompatibilitySetting"), "Specifies the profiler loading policy (the default is not to load a V2 profiler in V4)", CLRConfig::REGUTIL_default | CLRConfig::TrimWhiteSpaceFromStringValue)
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO_DIRECT_ACCESS(EXTERNAL_AttachThreadAlwaysOn, W("AttachThreadAlwaysOn"), "Forces profapi attach thread to be created on startup, instead of on-demand.")
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(EXTERNAL_MsBetweenAttachCheck, W("MsBetweenAttachCheck"), 500, "")
diff --git a/src/vm/profilinghelper.cpp b/src/vm/profilinghelper.cpp
index 140ad07600c2..64566865698d 100644
--- a/src/vm/profilinghelper.cpp
+++ b/src/vm/profilinghelper.cpp
@@ -757,7 +757,16 @@ HRESULT ProfilingAPIUtility::AttemptLoadProfilerForStartup()
 
 #ifdef FEATURE_CORECLR
     IfFailRet(CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::EXTERNAL_CORECLR_PROFILER, &wszClsid));
-    IfFailRet(CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::EXTERNAL_CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH, &wszProfilerDLL));
+
+#if defined(_TARGET_X86_)
+    IfFailRet(CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::EXTERNAL_CORCLR_PROFILER_PATH_32, &wszProfilerDLL));
+#elif defined(_TARGET_AMD64_)
+    IfFailRet(CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::EXTERNAL_CORCLR_PROFILER_PATH_64, &wszProfilerDLL));
+#endif
+    if(wszProfilerDLL == NULL)
+    {
+        IfFailRet(CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::EXTERNAL_CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH, &wszProfilerDLL));
+    }
 #else // FEATURE_CORECLR
     IfFailRet(CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::EXTERNAL_COR_PROFILER, &wszClsid));