diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4ed9b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+os: Windows Server 2012 R2
+build: off
+clone_folder: c:\sbt-extras
+install:
+  - set PATH=C:\cygwin64\bin;%PATH%
+test_script:
+  - bash.exe -l -c "cd /cygdrive/c/sbt-extras/ && ./bin/run-tests --tap ./test"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73536140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* text=auto
+* text eol=lf
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21f271e3..fc04300e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /bats
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/relinkSymlinks.sh b/bin/relinkSymlinks.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7328609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/relinkSymlinks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Sometime there are symbolic links stored in git repository
+# In order to use them in windows like systems we need to link them using cygwin goodies.
+# This procedure will do that.
+
+
+repoDir=$1
+[[ "$repoDir" == "" ]] && repoDir="."
+
+pushd $repoDir > /dev/null
+
+for symlink in $(git ls-files -s | egrep "^120000" | cut -f2); do
+    git checkout $symlink #thanks to that it's idempotent
+    src=$(cat $symlink)
+    dst=$symlink
+    rm $dst
+    ln -s $src $dst
+    echo "$src <<===>> $dst"
+done
+
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/bin/run-tests b/bin/run-tests
index 1bd2b789..2bf146df 100755
--- a/bin/run-tests
+++ b/bin/run-tests
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
+is_cygwin () [[ "$(uname -a)" == "CYGWIN"* ]]
+is_cygwin && bin/relinkSymlinks.sh
+
 # The version of bats in brew only works if it's installed --HEAD
 # so trying to use it is more trouble than it's worth.
 # bats="$(which bats 2>/dev/null)"
@@ -11,4 +13,5 @@ bats=""
 [[ $# -gt 0   ]] || set -- ./test
 [[ -x "$bats" ]] || bats="./bats/bin/bats"
 [[ -x "$bats" ]] || git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sstephenson/bats.git bats
+is_cygwin && bin/relinkSymlinks.sh bats
 [[ -x "$bats" ]] && "$bats" "$@"
diff --git a/test/test_helper.bash b/test/test_helper.bash
index 11059712..a01991a7 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.bash
+++ b/test/test_helper.bash
@@ -123,7 +123,24 @@ assert_failure() {
 }
 
 stdin_or_args () { if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then cat - ; else echo "$@"; fi; }
+
+is_cygwin () [[ "$(uname -a)" == "CYGWIN"* ]]
+
 normalize_paths () {
+  is_cygwin && normalize_paths_cygwin $@ || normalize_paths_linux $@
+}
+
+normalize_paths_cygwin () {
+  stdin_or_args "$@" | \
+    sed "s:$(cygpath -w "$TEST_ROOT" | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' | sed 's/:/\\:/g'):\$ROOT:g" | \
+    sed "s:$(cygpath -w "$HOME" | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' | sed 's/:/\\:/g'):\$ROOT:g" | \
+    sed 's/\\/\//g' | \
+    sed "s:$TEST_ROOT:\$ROOT:g" | \
+    sed "s:$HOME:\$ROOT:g"
+    tr -d '\r'
+}
+
+normalize_paths_linux () {
   stdin_or_args "$@" | \
     sed "s:$TEST_ROOT:\$ROOT:g" | \
     sed "s:$HOME:\$ROOT:g"