diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 2297bbeb..8d000890 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+install: windows_cygwin\bootstrap.bat
 build_script: windows_cygwin\build.bat
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/README.md b/windows_cygwin/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f94dfc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows_cygwin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Bootstrap from cmd.exe:
+
+    
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/bootstrap.bat b/windows_cygwin/bootstrap.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d75c9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows_cygwin/bootstrap.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin
+refreshenv
+choco install -y git win32-openssh
+