diff --git a/drivers/d3d12/SCsub b/drivers/d3d12/SCsub
index 6b23e1bad05..35227ebe08b 100644
--- a/drivers/d3d12/SCsub
+++ b/drivers/d3d12/SCsub
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if env["agility_sdk_path"] != "" and os.path.exists(env["agility_sdk_path"]):
 
 # PIX.
 
-if env["pix_path"] != "" and os.path.exists(env["pix_path"]):
+if env["use_pix"]:
     env_d3d12_rdd.Append(CPPDEFINES=["PIX_ENABLED"])
     env_d3d12_rdd.Append(CPPPATH=[env["pix_path"] + "/Include"])
 
diff --git a/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_context.cpp b/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_context.cpp
index 0ba3f591198..03bde5b2d96 100644
--- a/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_context.cpp
+++ b/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_context.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 
 // Note: symbol is not available in MinGW and old MSVC import libraries.
 const CLSID CLSID_D3D12DeviceFactoryGodot = __uuidof(ID3D12DeviceFactory);
+const CLSID CLSID_D3D12DebugGodot = __uuidof(ID3D12Debug);
+const CLSID CLSID_D3D12SDKConfigurationGodot = __uuidof(ID3D12SDKConfiguration);
 
 extern "C" {
 char godot_nir_arch_name[32];
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ Error D3D12Context::_initialize_debug_layers() {
 	ComPtr<ID3D12Debug> debug_controller;
 	HRESULT res;
 	if (device_factory) {
-		res = device_factory->GetConfigurationInterface(CLSID_D3D12Debug, IID_PPV_ARGS(&debug_controller));
+		res = device_factory->GetConfigurationInterface(CLSID_D3D12DebugGodot, IID_PPV_ARGS(&debug_controller));
 	} else {
 		res = D3D12GetDebugInterface(IID_PPV_ARGS(&debug_controller));
 	}
@@ -820,7 +822,7 @@ void D3D12Context::_init_device_factory() {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(!d3d_D3D12GetInterface);
 
 	ID3D12SDKConfiguration *sdk_config = nullptr;
-	if (SUCCEEDED(d3d_D3D12GetInterface(CLSID_D3D12SDKConfiguration, IID_PPV_ARGS(&sdk_config)))) {
+	if (SUCCEEDED(d3d_D3D12GetInterface(CLSID_D3D12SDKConfigurationGodot, IID_PPV_ARGS(&sdk_config)))) {
 		ID3D12SDKConfiguration1 *sdk_config1 = nullptr;
 		if (SUCCEEDED(sdk_config->QueryInterface(&sdk_config1))) {
 			if (SUCCEEDED(sdk_config1->CreateDeviceFactory(agility_sdk_version, agility_sdk_path.ascii().get_data(), IID_PPV_ARGS(device_factory.GetAddressOf())))) {
diff --git a/platform/windows/SCsub b/platform/windows/SCsub
index 2df644136b3..7aaf70e6256 100644
--- a/platform/windows/SCsub
+++ b/platform/windows/SCsub
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if env["d3d12"]:
     arch_bin_dir = "#bin/" + env["arch"]
 
     # DXC
-    if env["dxc_path"] != "":
+    if env["dxc_path"] != "" and os.path.exists(env["dxc_path"]):
         dxc_dll = "dxil.dll"
         # Whether this one is loaded from arch-specific directory or not can be determined at runtime.
         # Let's copy to both and let the user decide the distribution model.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if env["d3d12"]:
             )
 
     # PIX
-    if env["pix_path"] != "" and os.path.exists(env["pix_path"]):
+    if env["use_pix"]:
         pix_dll = "WinPixEventRuntime.dll"
         env.Command(
             "#bin/" + pix_dll,
diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index b1dd66ca487..e5e0a07f82c 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ def get_opts():
             "Whether the Agility SDK DLLs will be stored in arch-specific subdirectories",
             False,
         ),
+        BoolVariable("use_pix", "Use PIX (Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12) runtime", False),
         (
             "pix_path",
             "Path to the PIX runtime distribution (optional for D3D12)",
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ def configure_msvc(env, vcvars_msvc_config):
 
     if env["d3d12"]:
         # Check whether we have d3d12 dependencies installed.
-        if not os.path.exists(env["mesa_libs"]) or not os.path.exists(env["dxc_path"]):
+        if not os.path.exists(env["mesa_libs"]):
             print("The Direct3D 12 rendering driver requires dependencies to be installed.")
             print("You can install them by running `python misc\scripts\install_d3d12_sdk_windows.py`.")
             print("See the documentation for more information:")
@@ -491,10 +492,13 @@ def configure_msvc(env, vcvars_msvc_config):
         if env["target"] == "release_debug":
             env.Append(CXXFLAGS=["/bigobj"])
 
-        arch_subdir = "arm64" if env["arch"] == "arm64" else "x64"
-
         # PIX
-        if env["pix_path"] != "" and os.path.exists(env["pix_path"]):
+        if not env["arch"] in ["x86_64", "arm64"] or env["pix_path"] == "" or not os.path.exists(env["pix_path"]):
+            env["use_pix"] = False
+
+        if env["use_pix"]:
+            arch_subdir = "arm64" if env["arch"] == "arm64" else "x64"
+
             env.Append(LIBPATH=[env["pix_path"] + "/bin/" + arch_subdir])
             LIBS += ["WinPixEventRuntime"]
 
@@ -695,13 +699,8 @@ def configure_mingw(env):
             env.Append(LIBS=["vulkan"])
 
     if env["d3d12"]:
-        env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["D3D12_ENABLED", "RD_ENABLED"])
-        env.Append(LIBS=["d3d12", "dxgi", "dxguid"])
-
-        arch_subdir = "arm64" if env["arch"] == "arm64" else "x64"
-
         # Check whether we have d3d12 dependencies installed.
-        if not os.path.exists(env["mesa_libs"]) or not os.path.exists(env["dxc_path"]):
+        if not os.path.exists(env["mesa_libs"]):
             print("The Direct3D 12 rendering driver requires dependencies to be installed.")
             print("You can install them by running `python misc\scripts\install_d3d12_sdk_windows.py`.")
             print("See the documentation for more information:")
@@ -710,8 +709,16 @@ def configure_mingw(env):
             )
             sys.exit(255)
 
+        env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["D3D12_ENABLED", "RD_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(LIBS=["d3d12", "dxgi", "dxguid"])
+
         # PIX
-        if env["pix_path"] != "" and os.path.exists(env["pix_path"]):
+        if not env["arch"] in ["x86_64", "arm64"] or env["pix_path"] == "" or not os.path.exists(env["pix_path"]):
+            env["use_pix"] = False
+
+        if env["use_pix"]:
+            arch_subdir = "arm64" if env["arch"] == "arm64" else "x64"
+
             env.Append(LIBPATH=[env["pix_path"] + "/bin/" + arch_subdir])
             env.Append(LIBS=["WinPixEventRuntime"])