diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 g2o - General Graph Optimization
 ================================
 
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+Linux: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/RainerKuemmerle/g2o.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/RainerKuemmerle/g2o)
+Windows: [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/9w0cpb9krc6t4nt7/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/RainerKuemmerle/g2o/branch/master)
 
 g2o is an open-source C++ framework for optimizing graph-based nonlinear error
 functions. g2o has been designed to be easily extensible to a wide range of
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ build:
   project: c:\projects\g2o\build\g2o.sln 
 
 install:
+  - set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.8\msvc2015_64
+  - set PATH=%PATH%;%QTDIR%\bin
   - ps: wget http://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/3.3.3.zip -outfile eigen3.zip
   - cmd: 7z x eigen3.zip -o"C:\projects" -y > nul