diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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+build_script: windows_cygwin\build.bat
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/build.bat b/windows_cygwin/build.bat
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+REM install Chocolatey
+@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin
+