diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 06e82871f7..f68cd7fd6d 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function install (fs, gyp, argv, callback) {
 
             req.on('error', done)
             req.on('response', function (res) {
-              if (res.statusCode === 404) {
+              if (res.statusCode === 403 || res.statusCode === 404) {
                 if (arch === 'arm64') {
                   // Arm64 is a newer platform on Windows and not all node distributions provide it.
                   log.verbose(`${name} was not found in ${libUrl}`)